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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Felder v. Wall 26 Miss. 595 1853 0 Account to be taken by copartners in business venture Mississippi
Archer v. Jones 26 Miss. 583 1853 0 Account for hire of enslaved persons Mississippi
Young v. Young 25 Miss. 38 1852 0 Possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Phillips v. McLaughlin 26 Miss. 592 1853 0 Adverse possession Mississippi
Smith v. Henry 35 Miss. 369 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Phillips v. McLaughlin 26 Miss. 597 1853 0 Delivery of property Mississippi
Tifft v. State 23 Miss. 567 1852 0 Trial of slaveholder for improperly housing enslaved persons Mississippi
Shirley v. Shattuck 28 Miss. 13 1854 0 Transfer of enslaved persons as trust property Mississippi
Newell v. Newell 34 Miss. 385 1857 0 Replevin to recover slaves Mississippi
Leiper v. Hoffman 26 Miss. 615 1853 0 Formerly enslaved woman's right to property bequeathed to her Mississippi
Williamson v. Downs 34 Miss. 402 1857 0 Anticipation of surplus of mortgaged property Mississippi
Cooper v. Newell 36 Miss. 316 1858 0 Replevin to recover slaves Mississippi
Field v. Weir 28 Miss. 56 1854 0 Execution of levy on enslaved persons Mississippi
Hoover v. Pierce 26 Miss. 627 1854 0 Issues with consideration for promissory note for sale of enslaved persons Mississippi
Battaile v. Fisher 36 Miss. 321 1858 0 Liability of receiver for hire of slaves assigned to him Mississippi
Odom v. Harris 34 Miss. 410 1857 0 Avoiding deed in action of replevin Mississippi
Funchess v. Seibe 26 Miss. 634 1854 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Lavigne v. Russ 36 Miss. 326 1858 0 Replevin of slaves distrained for rent Mississippi
Shewalter v. Brown 35 Miss. 423 1858 0 Sale of slaves subject to local levies Mississippi
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi