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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hardy v. Smith 11 Miss. 316 1844 0 Action to recover slave Mississippi
Hoggatt's Admr. v. Hunt's Executors 1 Miss. 216 1826 0 Action to recover slaves Mississippi
Lowry v. Houston 4 Miss. 394 1839 0 Action to recover slaves Mississippi
Goodman v. Burford 18 Miss. 385 1848 0 Action to redeem slave Mississippi
Scudder v. Seals 1 Miss. 154 1824 0 Action to restore slaves Mississippi
Houston v. Royston 9 Miss. 238 1843 0 Action to secure payment for slave Mississippi
West v. Gibbs 42 Miss. 168 1868 0 Administration of an estate Mississippi
Grayson v. Wilson 27 Miss. 553 1854 0 Administration of estate Mississippi
Buckels v. Cunningham 14 Miss. 358 1846 0 Administration of estate dispute Mississippi
French v. Davis 38 Miss. 167 1859 0 Administrator charged with the hire of slaves Mississippi
Boggan v. Walter 20 Miss. 666 1849 0 Administrator of estate dispute Mississippi
Parker v. McNeill 20 Miss. 355 1849 0 Administrator of estate dispute Mississippi
Kilpatrick v. Bush 23 Miss. 199 1851 0 Administrator removal of enslaved persons from the state Mississippi
Murphy v. Clark 9 Miss. 221 1843 0 Adminstration of estate dispute Mississippi
Fisher v. Leach 18 Miss. 313 1848 0 Adminstrator of estate dispute Mississippi
Pitts v. State 43 Miss. 472 1871 0 Admissibility of an extra-judicial confession Mississippi
Vicksburg & Meridian R. R. v. Green 42 Miss. 436 1869 0 Admissibility of Emancipation Proclamation as evidence of a slave's emancipation for recovery purposes Mississippi
Jackson v. Jackson 28 Miss. 674 1855 0 Advancement of slaves Mississippi
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer 11 Miss. 560 1844 0 Adverse posession of a slave Mississippi
Washburn v. Phillips 14 Miss. 425 1846 0 Adverse posession of slave Mississippi