Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Sowder v. Sowder 37 Tenn. 502 1858 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Johnson 49 Tenn. 225 1870 1 Tennessee
Boshear v. Lay 53 Tenn. 163 1871 1 Tennessee
Cockrill v. Maney 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 49 1874 1 Tennessee
Brantingham v. Beasley 2 Tenn. App. 598 1926 1 Tennessee
Rea v. State 76 Tenn. 356 1881 1 Tennessee
Henson v. Henson 151 Tenn. 137 1924 1 Tennessee
Jarnigan v. Jarnigan 80 Tenn. 292 1883 1 Tennessee
Bohlen-Huse Coal & Ice Co. v. McDaniel 148 Tenn. 628 1923 1 Tennessee
Adcock v. Simon 2 Tenn. App. 617 1926 1 Tennessee
Dickason v. State 139 Tenn. 601 1918 1 Tennessee
Saunders v. Gregory’s Heirs 50 Tenn. 567 1871 1 Tennessee
McLean v. State 55 Tenn. 22 1873 1 Tennessee
Watson v. Ryan 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 40 1875 1 Tennessee
Shugart v. Shugart 111 Tenn. 179 1903 1 Tennessee
Scott v. Union & Planters’ Bank & Trust Co. 123 Tenn. 258 1910 1 Tennessee
Battle v. Claiborne 133 Tenn. 286 1915 1 Tennessee
Gill v. McKinney 140 Tenn. 549 1918 1 Tennessee
Hawkins v. Davis 67 Tenn. 506 1875 1 Tennessee
Harris v. Gaines 70 Tenn. 12 1878 1 Tennessee