Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lockhart v. Luker 36 Miss. 68 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave by defendant Mississippi
Lanehart v. Jeter 36 Miss. 650 1859 0 Interest of husband in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Accounting of separate estate of wife Mississippi
Minor v. State 36 Miss. 630 1859 0 Whether enslaved man is entitled to a writ of error in non-capital cases Mississippi
Emanuel v. State 36 Miss. 627 1859 0 Entitlement of enslaved men to habeaus corpus after felony conviction Mississippi
Cobb v. Duke 36 Miss. 60 1858 1 Mississippi
Watson v. State 36 Miss. 593 1859 0 Larceny of slaves by white man Mississippi
Sorsby v. Vance 36 Miss. 564 1858 0 Construction of will Mississippi
Block v. Cross 36 Miss. 549 1858 0 Jurisdiction of wife as to her separate estate Mississippi
Smith v. Williams 36 Miss. 545 1858 0 Power of husband over wife's slaves Mississippi
Price v. State 36 Miss. 531 1858 1 Mississippi
Wallace v. Seales 36 Miss. 53 1858 0 Responsibility of the hirer of a slave for sickness and death of a slave Mississippi
L. M. Wiley & Co. v. Gray 36 Miss. 510 1858 0 Post nuptial settlement between husband and wife Mississippi
Prewett v. Land 36 Miss. 495 1858 0 Power of wife to charge trust estate Mississippi
Drake v. Surget 36 Miss. 458 1858 1 Mississippi
Croft v. White 36 Miss. 455 1858 0 Effect of alteration by stranger on private writings Mississippi
Conner v. Hull 36 Miss. 424 1858 0 Issues arising from gift of an enslaved man Mississippi
Davidson v. Allen 36 Miss. 419 1858 1 Mississippi
Dilworth v. Mayfield 36 Miss. 40 1858 1 Mississippi
L. Mayer & Co. v. McLure 36 Miss. 389 1858 1 Mississippi