Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Harrison 49 Tenn. 230 1871 0 Tennessee
Gamble v. Gamble's Adm'r. 11 Ala. 966 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Jordan v. Miller 47 Ga. 346 1872 0 Executor to will Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Smith's Administrators 20 Va. 581 1820 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Carter's Executors v. Rutland 2 N.C. 112 1794 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina
Vertner v. Humphreys 22 Miss. 130 1850 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Flowers v. Glasgow 2 N.C. 141 1794 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
Powell v. Glenn 21 Ala. 458 1852 0 Trover Alabama
Howard v. Coleman 36 Ala. 721 1860 0 Negligence 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
Executors of Mullington v. Shipman 1 N.C. 113 1800 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Williamson's Administrators v. Smart 1 N.C. 219 1801 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Robinson's administrators v. Devone 3 N.C. 154 1801 0 Action to recover a slave North Carolina
Rutherford v. Craik's executors 3 N.C. 262 1803 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Hamner v. Smith 22 Ala. 433 1853 0 Trover Alabama
Jackson v. Marshall's administrator 5 N.C. 323 1809 0 Property Interests North Carolina