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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Vertner v. Humphreys 22 Miss. 130 1850 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Merrill v. Moore's Heirs 8 Miss. 271 1843 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Henderson v. Downing 24 Miss. 106 1852 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Arnold v. Miller 26 Miss. 152 1853 0 Usurious contract Mississippi
McCoy v. McKowen 26 Miss. 487 1853 0 Trespass for the beating of an enslaved woman Mississippi
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer 11 Miss. 560 1844 0 Adverse posession of a slave Mississippi
Moss v. Davidson 9 Miss. 112 1843 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Comstock v. Rayford 20 Miss. 369 1849 0 Sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
Sims v. Conger 39 Miss. 231 1860 0 Construction of contingency in will Mississippi
Mundy v. Calvert 40 Miss. 181 1866 0 Distribution of personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Weathersly v. Weathersly 40 Miss. 462 1866 0 Conditional sale of slaves Mississippi
Wilson v. Ivy 32 Miss. 233 1856 0 Right of action against 3rd person in case of fraud Mississippi
Armstrong v. Stovall 26 Miss. 275 1853 0 Fraudulent estate? Mississippi
Bullitt, Miller & Co. v. Taylor & Richardson 34 Miss. 708 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Burch v. Stovall 27 Miss. 725 1854 0 Validity of will Mississippi
Bank of the United States v. Patton 6 Miss. 200 1840 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Garland v. Rowan 10 Miss. 617 1844 0 Estate distrubtion dispute Mississippi
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Judgment against slaveholder Mississippi