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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Newell v. Newell 17 Miss. 56 1847 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Foster v. Pugh 20 Miss. 416 1849 0 Recovery for debt Mississippi
Bullitt, Miller & Co. v. Taylor & Richardson 34 Miss. 708 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Henderson v. Downing 24 Miss. 106 1852 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Sims v. Conger 39 Miss. 231 1860 0 Construction of contingency in will Mississippi
Mundy v. Calvert 40 Miss. 181 1866 0 Distribution of personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer 11 Miss. 560 1844 0 Adverse posession of a slave Mississippi
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Judgment against slaveholder Mississippi
Read v. Manning 30 Miss. 308 1855 0 Emancipation of slaves via will, in contravention of state laws Mississippi
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Detinue suit for personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Green v. Robinson 6 Miss. 80 1840 0 Contracting 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
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 12 Miss. 31 1844 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. State 17 Miss. 115 1847 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi
Bank of the United States v. Patton 6 Miss. 200 1840 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Wilkinson v. Cook 44 Miss. 367 1870 0 Validity of suit for promissory note given in consideration of slaves later emancipated Mississippi