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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Washburn v. Phillips 14 Miss. 425 1846 0 Adverse posession of slave Mississippi
Brown v. Seal 179 S.W.3d 481 2005 1 adverse possession Tennessee
Miles v. Nelson No. 03A01-9711-CH-00500, 1998 WL 670383, at *2–4 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 30, 1998) 1998 2 adverse possession Tennessee
Smejkal v. Smejkal No. 13-09-00285-CV, 2009 WL 3921039, at *2 n.6 (Tex. App. Nov. 19, 2009) 2009 1 adverse possession Texas
Phillips v. McLaughlin 26 Miss. 592 1853 0 Adverse possession Mississippi
Phillips v. Threadgill 37 Ala. 93 1860 0 Adverse possession dispute Alabama
Lucile v. Toustin 5 Mart. (o.s.) 611 1818 0 Adverse possession, evidence, sales, prescription, parol evidence, contracts, conflict of laws, best evidence rule Louisiana
McArthur v. Carrie's Adm'r 32 Ala. 75 1858 0 Adverse possession of a enslaved person Alabama
Perry v. Lewis 6 Fla. 555 1856 0 Adverse Possession of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Morine v. Wilson ad. 19 Ark. 520 1858 0 Adverse possession of enslaved person Arkansas
Halliburton v. Fletcher 22 Ark. 453 1861 0 Adverse possession of enslaved person Arkansas
Curtis v. Daniel 23 Ark. 362 1861 0 Adverse possession of enslaved persons Arkansas
Spencer v. McDonald 22 Ark. 466 1861 0 Adverse possession of enslaved persons Arkansas
Fears v. Sykes 35 Miss. 633 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave Mississippi
Lockhart v. Luker 36 Miss. 68 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave by defendant Mississippi
Mercein v. Burton 17 Tex. 206 1856 0 Adverse possession of slave claim Texas
Smith v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 696 1849 0 Advising and Aiding a slave to escape General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Commonwealth 48 Va. 593 1850 0 Advising and Aiding a slave to escape General Ct. of VA
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware