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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Abbey v. Commercial Bank of New Orleans 34 Miss. 571 1857 1 Mississippi
Stanton v. Green 34 Miss. 576 1857 0 Fraudulent conveyance of property including slaves Mississippi
Coppage v. Barnett 34 Miss. 621 1857 0 Validity of a gift of slaves Mississippi
Clark v. Slaughter 34 Miss. 65 1857 0 Right of wife to sell slaves held under specific act Mississippi
Hunt v. Knox 34 Miss. 655 1857 0 Issues arising from contract of forbearance Mississippi
Hemphill v. Hemphill 34 Miss. 68 1857 0 Fraudulent assignment of slaves as property Mississippi
Bullitt, Miller & Co. v. Taylor & Richardson 34 Miss. 708 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Jordan v. Thomas 34 Miss. 72 1857 0 Rights of purchaser Mississippi
Richmond v. Delay 34 Miss. 83 1857 0 Interest of husband in wife's slaves helf under specific act Mississippi
Forniquet v. Forstall 34 Miss. 87 1857 1 Mississippi
Johnson v. Robinson 351 So. 2d 1339 1977 1 Mississippi
Davion v. Williams 352 So. 2d 804 1977 1 Mississippi
Fowler v. Fisher 353 So. 2d 497 1977 1 Mississippi
Murray v. Murray 358 So. 2d 723 1978 1 Mississippi
Mitchell v. Mitchell 35 Miss. 108 1858 0 Entitlement of wife to her separate estate consisting of money and slaves Mississippi
Gray v. Pope 35 Miss. 116 1858 1 Mississippi
Cain v. Bunkley 35 Miss. 119 1858 0 Power of a wife to make a will Mississippi
Lowry v. McMillan 35 Miss. 147 1858 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Chew 35 Miss. 153 1858 0 Annulment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Lusk v. Swayze 35 Miss. 155 1858 0 Reversion of enslaved man distributed to a widow to the distributees Mississippi