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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Lyon v. Goree 15 Ala. 360 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Connor v. Trawick's Adm'r 37 Ala. 289 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Couch v. Anderson 26 Ala. 676 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Price v. Price 5 Ala. 578 1843 0 Detinue Alabama
Price v. Talley's Adm'rs 18 Ala. 21 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Geron v. Geron 15 Ala. 558 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Sewall v. Henry 9 Ala. 24 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Williams v. Maull 20 Ala. 721 1852 0 Detinue Alabama
Henderson v. Adams 35 Ala. 723 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Hall v. Chapman’s Adm’rs 35 Ala. 553 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
Merriwether v. Eames 17 Ala. 330 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Brown v. Brown 13 Ala. 208 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Pace v. Bonner 27 Ala. 307 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Thomas v. Wallace 5 Ala. 268 1843 0 Detinue Alabama
Reese v. Harris 27 Ala. 301 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Fuqua v. Hunt 1 Ala. 197 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Snodgrass v. Cabiness 15 Ala. 160 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Cook v. Kennerly 12 Ala. 42 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Jemison v. Smith 37 Ala. 185 1861 0 Detinue Alabama