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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Melvin v. Lyons 18 Miss. 78 1848 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Fearn v. Shirley 31 Miss. 301 1856 0 Rights of feme coverts who are infants in property Mississippi
Gully v. Hull 31 Miss. 20 1856 0 Investment of proceeds from sale of paraphernal property in purchase of enslaved women Mississippi
Hutchins v. Brooks 31 Miss. 430 1856 0 Sale of slave belonging to estate Mississippi
Binns v. Stokes 27 Miss. 239 1854 0 Libel and slander **** Mississippi
Bankston v. Bankston 27 Miss. 692 1854 0 Increase in alimony based on the purchase of enslaved persons Mississippi
Sevier v. McWhorter 27 Miss. 442 1854 0 Assignment Mississippi
Hall v. Hall 27 Miss. 458 1854 0 Trover to recover value of enslaved man Mississippi
Tinnin v. Price 27 Miss. 619 1854 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi
Alexander v. Beresford 27 Miss. 747 1854 0 Fraudulent sale of land bought using enslaved persons Mississippi
Burke v. Murphy 27 Miss. 167 1854 0 Fraudulent Conveyance Mississippi
Doe ex dem. Foute v. McDonald 27 Miss. 610 1854 0 Interest in enslaved persons Mississippi
Brown v. Bacon 27 Miss. 589 1854 0 Levy on enslaved persons Mississippi
Bruner v. Sherley 27 Miss. 407 1854 0 Vestment of title to enslaved persons Mississippi
Prichard v. Martin 27 Miss. 305 1854 0 Overseer sues his employer for not allowing him to perform his contract Mississippi
Vaugh v. Cox 27 Miss. 701 1854 0 Injunction preventing the removal of enslaved persons from the state Mississippi
Butler v. Spann 27 Miss. 234 1854 0 Entitlement to possession of enslaved persons Mississippi
Hairston v. Hairston 27 Miss. 704 1854 0 Whether wife is entitled to the distribution of husbands property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Dozier v. Lewis 27 Miss. 679 1854 0 Lien on enslaved persons Mississippi
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi