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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Shaw 102 Tenn. 313 1899 1 Tennessee
Hostettler v. Vaden 13 Tenn. App. 454 1931 1 Tennessee
Dougherty v. Shown 48 Tenn. 302 1870 1 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Bell 37 Tenn. 531 1858 1 Tennessee
Wooldridge v. Page 68 Tenn. 325 1878 1 Tennessee
Woolridge v. Page 69 Tenn. 135 1878 1 Tennessee
Henry v. Mills 69 Tenn. 144 1878 1 Tennessee
Henderson v. Tipton 88 Tenn. 255 1889 1 Tennessee
Fitzsimmons v. Johnson 90 Tenn. 416 1891 1 Tennessee
Hutchinson v. Estate of Nunn ex rel. Ozier No. W2004-00578-COA-R3CV, 2004 WL 3048970, at *5 (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 30, 2004) 2004 1 property damage, waste Tennessee
Merriman v. Smith 599 S.W.2d 548 1979 1 Tennessee
Chatterton v. Young 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 768 1877 1 Tennessee
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Smithwick 112 Tenn. 463 1903 1 Tennessee
Sawtelle v. Astor 23 Tenn. App. 33 1938 1 Tennessee
Tilford v. Hayes 10 Tenn. 89 1822 1 Tennessee
French v. A. H. Rainey & Co. 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 640 1876 1 Tennessee
May v. Wright's Administrators 1 Tenn. 385 1809 1 Tennessee
Matilda v. Crenshaw 12 Tenn. 299 1833 1 Tennessee
Williams v. Williams 167 Tenn. 26 1933 1 Tennessee
Curtis v. Brannon 98 Tenn. 153 1897 1 Tennessee