Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Woodward v. Woodward 37 Tenn. 49 1857 0 Tennessee
Purvis v. Sherrod 12 Tex. 140 1854 0 Texas
Jones v. Laney ex rel. Colbert 2 Tex. 342 1847 0 Texas
Wilson v. Trawick 10 Tex. 428 1853 0 Texas
Mercer v. Hall 2 Tex. 284 1847 0 Texas
Richardson v. Wells 3 Tex. 223 1848 0 Texas
Dobbin v. Bryan 5 Tex. 276 1849 0 Texas
Thompson v. Thompson 12 Tex. 327 1854 0 Texas
Weight v. Henderson 12 Tex. 43 1854 0 Texas
Fitts v. Fitts 14 Tex. 443 1855 0 Texas
Howze v. Howze 14 Tex. 232 1855 0 Texas
Parker v. Portis 14 Tex. 166 1855 0 Texas
Kendrick v. Rice 16 Tex. 254 1856 0 Texas
Bayne v. Garrett 17 Tex. 330 1856 0 Texas
Smith v. Smith 11 Tex. 102 1853 0 Texas
McGee v. Currie 4 Tex. 109 1849 0 Texas
Horton v. Reynolds' Adm'rs 8 Tex. 284 1852 0 Texas
Guess v. Lubbock 5 Tex. 535 1851 0 Texas
Walcott v. Hendrick 6 Tex. 406 1851 0 Texas
Danzey v. Smith 4 Tex. 206 1849 0 Texas