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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Rankin v. Holloway 11 Miss. 614 1844 0 Public sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
Perry v. Clarke 6 Miss. 495 1841 0 Recovery of proprety dispute Mississippi
Falconer v. Holland 13 Miss. 689 1846 0 Ownership of property dispute Mississippi
Whitney ex rel. Stewart v. Whitney 15 Miss. 740 1846 0 Probate dispute Mississippi
Gilpin v. Smith 19 Miss. 109 1848 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Hunter v. Talbot 11 Miss. 754 1844 0 Creditor dispute Mississippi
Goddard v. Long 13 Miss. 782 1846 0 Injunction on property Mississippi
Bullit v. Thatcher 6 Miss. 689 1841 0 Creditor dispute Mississippi
Newman v. Montgomery 6 Miss. 742 1841 0 Conveyance of property dispute Mississippi
Smith v. Williams 38 Miss. 48 1859 0 Replevin action to recover slaves Mississippi
Moseley v. Anderson 40 Miss. 49 1866 0 Replevin to recover enslaved woman Mississippi
French v. Davis 38 Miss. 167 1859 0 Administrator charged with the hire of slaves Mississippi
Slaughter v. Garland 40 Miss. 172 1866 0 Renunciation of widow of estate including slaves Mississippi
Collins v. Melton 40 Miss. 242 1866 0 Entitlement of a widow to receive estate Mississippi
Barney v. Scherling 40 Miss. 320 1866 0 Attachments on conveyance of property Mississippi
Otey v. McAfee's Adm'r 38 Miss. 348 1860 0 Attachment of slaves Mississippi
Whitfield v. Whitfield 40 Miss. 352 1866 0 Action of detinue to recover slaves Mississippi
Pinson v. McGehee 44 Miss. 229 1870 0 Limitations on a continuing trust Mississippi
Vasser v. Henderson 40 Miss. 519 1866 0 Creditor collection on debts owed for purchase of slaves Mississippi
Foley v. McDonald 46 Miss. 238 1871 0 Distribution of slaves that were later emancipated Mississippi