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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Coopwood v. Morgan 34 Miss. 368 1857 1 Mississippi
Cocke v. Rucks 34 Miss. 105 1857 0 Legal title to slave Mississippi
Heard v. Garrett 34 Miss. 152 1857 0 Construction of written agreement Mississippi
Fairly v. Thompson 34 Miss. 101 1857 0 Setting aside of decree in probate court obtained by fraud Mississippi
Dowd v. White 34 Miss. 510 1857 0 Rights of specific legatee of slaves Mississippi
Lindsey v. Lindsey 34 Miss. 432 1857 0 Liability of vendor of enslaved man at auction for representation of bidders Mississippi
Crump v. Mitchell 34 Miss. 449 1857 0 Statute of limitations issue Mississippi
Hemphill v. Hemphill 34 Miss. 68 1857 0 Fraudulent assignment of slaves as property Mississippi
Brown v. Kidd 34 Miss. 291 1857 0 Satisfaction of execution of levy of personal estate Mississippi
Shewalter v. Ford 34 Miss. 417 1857 0 Recovery of value of a slave after false warranty of soundness Mississippi
Forniquet v. Forstall 34 Miss. 87 1857 1 Mississippi
Exum v. Canty 34 Miss. 533 1857 0 Disposition of property in will Mississippi
Garnett v. Kirkman 33 Miss. 389 1857 0 Forbearance on contract Mississippi
Brown, Bros. v. Freeland 34 Miss. 181 1857 1 Mississippi
Harper v. Bibb 34 Miss. 472 1857 1 Mississippi
Abbey v. Commercial Bank of New Orleans 34 Miss. 571 1857 1 Mississippi
Patterson v. Kirkland 34 Miss. 423 1857 0 Fraudulent representation of property in sale of enslaved woman and child Mississippi
Bowers v. Williams 34 Miss. 324 1857 1 Mississippi
Shaw v. Brown 35 Miss. 246 1858 1 Mississippi
Lusk v. Swayze 35 Miss. 155 1858 0 Reversion of enslaved man distributed to a widow to the distributees Mississippi