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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Prestidge v. Pendleton 24 Miss. 80 1852 0 Recovery of enslaved persons and funds Mississippi
Tucker v. Cocke 32 Miss. 184 1856 0 Who holds legal title to slaves under alleged trust Mississippi
George v. Bean 30 Miss. 147 1855 0 Fraudulent representations of administrator in sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Marshall v. King 24 Miss. 85 1852 0 Vested right to property (including enslaved persons) of a deceased married woman Mississippi
Carter v. Carter 22 Miss. 59 1850 0 Validity of the separation of a husband and wife (?) Mississippi
Pennington v. Acker 30 Miss. 161 1855 0 Conveyance and sale of slaves Mississippi
Roach's Executors v. Bennett 24 Miss. 98 1852 0 Use of wife's funds by husband for purchase of plantation and enslaved persons Mississippi
Bibb v. Martin 22 Miss. 87 1850 0 Foreclosure on mortgage Mississippi
Searles v. Scott 22 Miss. 94 1850 0 Sale of enslaved persons to satisfy bond Mississippi
Williams v. Newberry 32 Miss. 256 1856 0 Trespass action for the tortious taking of plaintiff's slaves Mississippi
White v. Graves 24 Miss. 166 1852 0 Replevin Mississippi
Endicott v. Penny 22 Miss. 144 1850 0 Fraud Mississippi
Love v. Pass 22 Miss. 158 1850 0 Levy of execution Mississippi
Turner v. Ellis 24 Miss. 173 1852 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi
Carpenter v. Bridges 32 Miss. 265 1856 0 Affect of posession of mortgaged property on presumption of payment Mississippi
Ratcliffe v. Dougherty 24 Miss. 181 1852 0 Gift of enslaved person from husband to wife Mississippi
Bates v. Cotton 32 Miss. 266 1856 0 Who is entitled to deceased wife's estate Mississippi
Hairston v. Hairston 30 Miss. 276 1855 0 Revocation of will bequeathing property to an enslaved person Mississippi
Claughton v. Black 24 Miss. 185 1852 0 Right to claim property in enslaved persons Mississippi
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi