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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Taylor v. Wright 54 Miss. 722 1877 1 Mississippi
Gillespie v. Hauenstein 72 Miss. 838 1895 1 Mississippi
Gardner v. Duncan 104 Miss. 477 1913 1 Mississippi
Dolan v. Tate 161 Miss. 615 1931 1 Mississippi
Godwin v. Godwin 141 Miss. 633 1926 1 Mississippi
Comfort v. Smith 198 Miss. 152 1945 1 Mississippi
Lacey v. Pelus 198 Miss. 185 1945 1 Mississippi
North v. James 61 Miss. 761 1884 1 Mississippi
Powell v. Burrus 35 Miss. 605 1858 1 Mississippi
Chapman v. Evans 44 Miss. 113 1870 1 Mississippi
Niolon v. McDonald 71 Miss. 337 1893 1 Mississippi
Higgins v. Deloach 54 Miss. 498 1877 1 Mississippi
Arthur v. Mitchell ex rel. Beers 18 Miss. 326 1848 1 Mississippi
L. J. Alford Lumber Co. v. Ragland 106 Miss. 51 1913 1 Mississippi
De Vane Chevrolet Co. v. Montgomery Ward & Co. 165 Miss. 185 1933 1 Mississippi
Howell v. Ott 182 Miss. 252 1938 1 Mississippi
Martin v. Coker 204 Miss. 576 1948 1 Mississippi
Brooks v. Robinson 54 Miss. 272 1876 1 Mississippi
Murff v. Peterson 57 Miss. 146 1879 1 Mississippi
Gillespie v. Magruder 92 Miss. 511 1908 1 Mississippi