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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Payne v. Green 18 Miss. 507 1848 0 Warrant dispute Mississippi
Harrington v. Harrington 3 Miss. 701 1838 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Otts v. Alderson 18 Miss. 476 1848 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Hundley v. Mount 16 Miss. 387 1847 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Edgerton v. McRea 6 Miss. 183 1840 0 Bill of sale for slaves dispute Mississippi
Hoy v. Couch 6 Miss. 188 1840 0 Right of property dispute Mississippi
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Gayden v. Marshall 16 Miss. 489 1847 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
Commercial Bank of Manchester v. Waters 18 Miss. 559 1848 0 Equity of redemption in slaves Mississippi
Anderson v. Lincoln 6 Miss. 279 1840 0 Purchase of property dispute Mississippi
Wooten v. Miller 15 Miss. 380 1846 0 Sale of slave dispute Mississippi
Hutcheson v. Minis 15 Miss. 388 1846 0 Purchase of slave dispute Mississippi
Scott v. Freeland 15 Miss. 409 1846 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Sarah v. State 28 Miss. 267 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved woman for attempted murder Mississippi
Cicely v. State 21 Miss. 202 1849 0 Mississippi
Adams v. Rowan 16 Miss. 624 1847 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Nevitt v. Bacon 32 Miss. 212 1856 0 Statute of limitations for forclosure of a mortgage Mississippi
Wailes v. Cooper 24 Miss. 208 1852 0 Defect in title Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi
Mahorner v. Harrison 21 Miss. 53 1849 0 Recovery for labor of slaves Mississippi