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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Murphy v. State 24 Miss. 590 1852 0 Whether the name of an enslaved person or their owner must be stated in an indictment under specific act Mississippi
Phipps v. Tarpley 24 Miss. 597 1852 0 Holding of legal title Mississippi
Beatty v. Smith 10 Miss. 567 1844 0 Sale of personal property dispute Mississippi
Houston v. Burney 10 Miss. 583 1844 0 Action against vendor of slaves Mississippi
Dillard v. Wright 19 Miss. 455 1848 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Benson v. Benson 24 Miss. 625 1852 0 Satisfaction of debt Mississippi
Coleman v. Rives 24 Miss. 634 1852 0 Liability of plantation of enslaved persons to a judgment Mississippi
Walker v. Fuqua 24 Miss. 640 1852 0 Conveyance of enslaved persons by estate administrator Mississippi
Jones v. Leake 19 Miss. 591 1848 0 Debt dispute Mississippi
Tunstall v. Walker 10 Miss. 638 1844 0 Promissory note dispute Mississippi
Miller v. Helm 10 Miss. 687 1843 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Harry v. Decker 1 Miss. 36 1818 0 Question of freedom for slave Mississippi
Hinds v. Terry 1 Miss. 80 1820 0 Property dispute Mississippi
State v. Jones 1 Miss. 83 1820 0 Action against person for killing a slave Mississippi
Dismukes v. Terry 1 Miss. 197 1825 0 Action of relief Mississippi
Hubert v. McGahey 1 Miss. 246 1826 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
Shanks v. Chambless 1 Miss. 249 1827 0 Conveyance of slave dispute Mississippi
Connell v. Lewis 1 Miss. 251 1827 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Farrar v. Gaillard's Admr. 1 Miss. 269 1827 0 Contract dispute Mississippi
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi