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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sharp v. Maxwell 30 Miss. 589 1856 0 What qualifies as separate estate of husband and wife Mississippi
Dalton v. Murphy 30 Miss. 59 1855 0 Contracts made by married women Mississippi
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 593 1856 0 Murder trial of enslaved men for the murder of their master Mississippi
Marsh v. Mississippi 30 Miss. 627 1856 1 Mississippi
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 631 1856 0 Trial of enslaved man for attempted rape Mississippi
Riggs v. State 30 Miss. 635 1856 1 Mississippi
Stewart v. Stebbins 30 Miss. 66 1855 1 Mississippi
Barksdale v. Elam 30 Miss. 694 1856 0 How illegal condition affects a contract Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi
Robinson v. State 312 So. 2d 15 1975 1 Mississippi
Williams v. Michael 319 So. 2d 226 1975 1 Mississippi
Work v. Harper 31 Miss. 107 1856 0 Enforcement of judgment through execution levied on slave Mississippi
Lee v. Bennett 31 Miss. 119 1856 0 Probate of a will involving slaves Mississippi
Marlow v. Johnson 31 Miss. 128 1856 0 Equity of redemption in deed of trust Mississippi
Johnson v. Brook 31 Miss. 17 1856 1 Mississippi
Gully v. Hull 31 Miss. 20 1856 0 Investment of proceeds from sale of paraphernal property in purchase of enslaved women Mississippi
Fatheree v. Fletcher 31 Miss. 265 1856 0 Right of wife to recovery of slaves Mississippi
Henderson v. Winchester 31 Miss. 290 1856 0 Execution levied on slaves Mississippi
Judge of Probate v. Alexander 31 Miss. 297 1856 0 Who title of issue goes to in case of enslaved woman bequeathed via a will Mississippi
Fearn v. Shirley 31 Miss. 301 1856 0 Rights of feme coverts who are infants in property Mississippi