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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bumpas v. Dotson 26 Tenn. 310 1846 0 Tennessee
Mullen v. Ensley 27 Tenn. 428 1847 0 Tennessee
McDougal v. Armstrong 25 Tenn. 428 1846 0 Tennessee
Hester v. Wilkinson 25 Tenn. 215 1845 0 Tennessee
Webb v. Patterson 26 Tenn. 431 1846 0 Tennessee
James v. Jones 29 Tenn. 384 1849 0 Tennessee
Ford v. Ford 26 Tenn. 92 1846 0 Tennessee
Greer v. Chester's Heirs 26 Tenn. 77 1846 0 Tennessee
McKissick v. McKissick 25 Tenn. 75 1845 0 Tennessee
Norment's adm'r v. Wilson 24 Tenn. 310 1844 0 Tennessee
Payne v. Payne 23 Tenn. 500 1844 0 Tennessee
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee
Loyd v. Currin 22 Tenn. 462 1842 0 Tennessee
Hamblet v. Herndon 22 Tenn. 34 1842 0 Tennessee
Haywood's Heirs v. Moore 21 Tenn. 584 1841 0 Tennessee
Hunt v. Watkins 20 Tenn. 498 1840 0 Tennessee
Hays v. Hays 20 Tenn. 402 1839 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Turner 18 Tenn. 287 1837 0 Tennessee
James v. State 28 Tenn. 308 1848 0 Tennessee
Bell v. Bowers 44 Tenn. 311 1867 0 Tennessee