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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Holloman v. Holloman 13 Miss. 559 1846 0 Probate court dispute Mississippi
Edwards v. Williams 3 Miss. 846 1838 0 Recovery for slave Mississippi
Glenn v. Chesapeake Bank 3 Md. 475 1853 0 Maryland
Land's Administrator v. Lacoste 6 Miss. 471 1841 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Rankin v. Holloway 11 Miss. 614 1844 0 Public sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
Russell v. Cheatham 16 Miss. 703 1847 0 Recovery for levy on slaves Mississippi
Sims v. Hundly 3 Miss. 896 1838 0 Recovery for property Mississippi
Ingram v. War 13 Miss. 746 1846 0 Petition in probate court Mississippi
Gilpin v. Smith 19 Miss. 109 1848 0 Will & trust Mississippi
McNutt ex rel. Moore v. Livingston 15 Miss. 641 1846 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Overton v. Ex'ors of Morris 3 Port. 249 1836 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Davidson v. Moss 6 Miss. 673 1841 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Newman v. Montgomery 6 Miss. 742 1841 0 Conveyance of property dispute Mississippi
Bennett v. Kennerly 40 Tenn. 674 1859 0 Tennessee
Inhabitants of Windsor v. Inhabitants of Hartford 2 Conn. 355 1817 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Whitley v. Stephenson 38 Miss. 113 1859 0 Widow's right to property Mississippi
Vining v. Hall 40 Miss. 83 1866 0 Probate of lost/destroyed will, including the emancipation of slaves and provision for them in Ohio Mississippi
Collins v. Melton 40 Miss. 242 1866 0 Entitlement of a widow to receive estate Mississippi
Newman v. Elam 30 Miss. 507 1855 0 Improper collection of a tax on sale of slaves Mississippi