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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Phillips v. McLaughlin 26 Miss. 592 1853 0 Adverse possession Mississippi
Fears v. Sykes 35 Miss. 633 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave Mississippi
Lockhart v. Luker 36 Miss. 68 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave by defendant Mississippi
Carpenter v. Bridges 32 Miss. 265 1856 0 Affect of posession of mortgaged property on presumption of payment Mississippi
Shotwell v. Webb 23 Miss. 375 1852 0 Agreement for purchase of enslaved persons (two separate families) Mississippi
Peck v. Webber 8 Miss. 658 1843 0 Agreement to convey slave dispute Mississippi
Moore v. Chambers 19 Miss. 408 1848 0 Alleged wrongful levy on slave Mississippi
Thornton v. McNeill 23 Miss. 369 1852 0 Alternative dispute resolution as a bar to action Mississippi
Hanserd v. Gray 46 Miss. 75 1871 0 Amending an answer in a case regarding division of slaves Mississippi
Coon v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 455 1872 0 "A negro is prima facie a slave" Mississippi
Coffin v. Bramlitt 42 Miss. 194 1868 0 Annual account of guardian for managed estate, including slaves Mississippi
Smith v. Chew 35 Miss. 153 1858 0 Annulment of sale of slaves Mississippi
State v. Borroum 1 Mor. St. Cas. 638 1872 0 Answering a charge of buying and selling slaves without authority Mississippi
Williamson v. Downs 34 Miss. 402 1857 0 Anticipation of surplus of mortgaged property Mississippi
Harper v. Archer 12 Miss. 99 1845 0 Appeal bond Mississippi
Wilbourn v. Wilbourn 48 Miss. 38 1873 0 Appropriation of cotton raised by slaves in an estate Mississippi
Jenkins v. Gillespie 18 Miss. 31 1848 0 Arbitration dispute Mississippi
Jeff v. State 39 Miss. 593 1860 0 Assault and battery committed by enslaved man on his master. Mississippi
Sevier v. McWhorter 27 Miss. 442 1854 0 Assignment Mississippi
Anderson v. Burke 14 Miss. 475 1846 0 Assusmpit for wages Mississippi