Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Howard v. Coleman 36 Ala. 721 1860 0 Negligence Alabama
Jewell v. Center 25 Ala. 498 1854 1 Alabama
Echols v. Jordan 39 Ala. 24 1863 0 Partition of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Maull v. Hays 12 Ala. 499 1847 0 Right of Property Alabama
Beall v. Ledlow 14 Ala. 523 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama
May v. Eastin 2 Port. 414 1835 0 Action for Return of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Smith's Executor v. Cockrell 66 Ala. 64 1880 1 Alabama
Lavender v. Lee 14 Ala. 688 1848 0 Dispute over Deed Alabama
Wheat v. Croom 7 Ala. 349 1845 0 Trespass Alabama
Perkins' Exr's v. Winter's Adm'rx 7 Ala. 855 1845 1 Alabama
Relfe v. Relfe 34 Ala. 500 1859 1 Alabama
Hamner v. Smith 22 Ala. 433 1853 0 Trover Alabama
Boyd v. Beck 29 Ala. 703 1857 0 Foreclosure of Mortgage on Personal Property Alabama
Blackman v. Johnson 35 Ala. 252 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Allen v. Prater 35 Ala. 169 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Craig v. McGehee 16 Ala. 41 1849 0 Dispute over Wil Alabama
Chamberlain v. Gaillard 26 Ala. 504 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Dale v. Mosely 4 Stew. & P. 371 1833 0 Dispute over Levy of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Hair v. Avery 28 Ala. 267 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama