Westfall ex rel. O'Neal v. Scott, Carhart & Co. |
20 Ga. 233 |
|
1856 |
0 |
Levy and claim |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Westmoreland v. State |
45 Ga. 225 |
|
1872 |
0 |
evidence of criminal insanity |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
West v. Lanier |
28 Tenn. 762 |
Claim of adverse possession upon land where slaves removed iron ore, but the plaintiff never lived on nor housed the slaves on |
1849 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whaley v. State |
11 Ga. 123 |
|
1852 |
0 |
Larceny |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wharton v. Marberry |
35 Tenn. 603 |
Dispute over credit for deceased purchase note for a slave |
1856 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wharton v. State |
45 Tenn. 1 |
Dispute over punishment of a slave before and after the 14th Amendment |
1867 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wharton v. Thompson |
17 Tenn. 45 |
Action to recover price paid for hire of a slave who had been injured prior to delivery |
1836 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whatley v. Slaton |
36 Ga. 653 |
|
1867 |
0 |
Will and Trust |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wheaton v. Weld |
28 Tenn. 773 |
Dispute over alleged parol gift of a slave; action in detinue |
1849 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wheeler v. State |
23 Ga. 292 |
|
1857 |
0 |
Indictment for stealing slave |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wheless v. Espy |
47 Tenn. 237 |
Marital property dispute involving title to a slave |
1869 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whidby v. Lewis |
32 Ga. 472 |
|
1861 |
0 |
Trespass |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whitaker v. Smith |
33 Ga. 237 |
|
1862 |
0 |
Property action in real estate |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whitaker v. Strong |
16 Ga. 81 |
|
1854 |
0 |
Claim and levy |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whitehead v. Ducker |
19 Miss. 98 |
|
1848 |
0 |
|
Mississippi |
Caselaw Access Project
|
White v. Dinkins |
19 Ga. 285 |
|
1856 |
0 |
Action of trover |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
White v. Harmond |
35 Tenn. 322 |
Action on the case to recover the value of a slave |
1855 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
White v. Smith |
46 S.C.L. 595 |
|
1860 |
0 |
|
South Carolina |
Caselaw Access Project
|
White v. Suttle |
1 Swan 169 |
Action for forcible entry upon land that displaced plaintiff's slaves |
1851 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
White v. White |
40 Tenn. 404 |
Construction of will that purports to emancipate slaves upon death |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whitley v. State |
38 Ga. 50 |
|
1868 |
0 |
dying delcaration suit |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whitlock v. Vaun |
38 Ga. 562 |
|
1868 |
0 |
Construction of will |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whitmore v. Parks |
22 Tenn. 95 |
Dispute over payment of a mortgage from proceeds of sale of slaves between former partners |
1842 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whitson v. Fowlkes |
38 Tenn. 533 |
Dispute over title to a slave sold at an execution sale against his previous owner between competing bidders |
1858 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whitson v. Gray |
40 Tenn. 441 |
Action for breach of warranty of soundness for a slave being older than advertised |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whitten v. Jenkins |
34 Ga. 297 |
|
1866 |
0 |
Recovery for damage to slaves |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Whitten v. Knox |
26 Ga. 560 |
|
1858 |
0 |
Slave contact dispute |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wight v. Hester |
24 Ga. 485 |
|
1858 |
0 |
Action of trover |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wiley v. Lashler |
27 Tenn. 717 |
Dispute over title to slaves between alleged purchaser and seller |
1848 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wiley v. State |
1 Swan 256 |
Free black man appeal for conviction of inducing a slave to run away from his master |
1851 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wilkes v. Hughes |
37 Ga. 361 |
|
1867 |
0 |
Contract dispute between a former slave and his master. Ben argued that he was not a slave at the time he worked for Angus Hughes. |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wilkinson v. Wilkinson |
38 Tenn. 305 |
Dispute over which property is liable for debts, including slaves and proceeds from hiring them out |
1858 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wilkins v. Gilmore |
21 Tenn. 140 |
Action of trespass for vandalism of a house done by slave; master vicariously liable |
1840 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick |
20 Tenn. 54 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1839 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williamson v. Nabers |
14 Ga. 286 |
|
1853 |
0 |
Will and Testament |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williamson v. Williamson |
57 Ky. 329 |
|
1857 |
0 |
|
Kentucky |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Allen |
17 Ga. 81 |
|
1855 |
0 |
Deed |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Bowman |
40 Tenn. 678 |
Action to enjoin a judgement on a surety that would require the forced sale of slave to pay debts |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Conrad |
30 Tenn. 412 |
Complicated estate administration dispute over title to slaves |
1850 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Fambro |
30 Ga. 232 |
|
1860 |
0 |
Recovery for the death of a slave |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Gray |
41 Tenn. 104 |
Divorce proceedings involving title to slaves |
1860 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Green |
37 Ga. 37 |
|
1867 |
0 |
Equity action |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Hagan |
2 La. 122 |
|
1830 |
0 |
|
Louisiana |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Kelsey & Halsted |
6 Ga. 365 |
|
1849 |
0 |
Levy and claim |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Logan & Meara |
32 Ga. 165 |
|
1861 |
0 |
Action of trover |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. McCormack |
26 Tenn. 308 |
Action to enjoin judgement on a slave purchased at an administration sale |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Mobley |
38 Ga. 241 |
|
1868 |
0 |
Will and Testament |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Otey |
8 Hum. 563 |
Dispute over slaves conveyed in trust being sold by conveyor to pay debts |
1847 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Sneed |
43 Tenn. 533 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1866 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Terrell |
26 Tenn. 551 |
Action of debt on a bond made upon condition of defendant inheriting some slaves |
1847 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Turner |
18 Tenn. 287 |
Dispute over legatee's family's entitlement to portions of an legatee's father's estate consisting of slaves and other property |
1837 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Walton |
16 Tenn. 387 |
Action of trover to recover value of slave given as a gift |
1835 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Williams |
18 Tenn. 20 |
Bill seeking construction of a will conveying title to slaves |
1836 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Williams v. Wright |
28 Tenn. 493 |
Action to restrain execution sale of a slave |
1848 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
William v. Jones |
2 Swan 620 |
Action to recover slaves sold from an estate by heir claiming to have title |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
William v. State |
18 Ga. 356 |
|
1855 |
0 |
Slave indictment for killing another slave |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Willingham v. Bentley |
20 Ga. 783 |
|
1856 |
0 |
Will and Trust |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Willis v. Willis |
62 Tenn. 183 |
Vendor's lien for division of property involving slaves |
1873 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Willis v. Willis |
18 Ga. 13 |
|
1855 |
0 |
Action of trover |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Willis v. Willis |
22 Ga. 290 |
|
1857 |
0 |
Trover action |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wilson's Heirs v. Wilson’s Adm’r |
30 Ala. 670 |
|
1857 |
0 |
|
Alabama |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wilson v. Hoss |
22 Tenn. 142 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves and land |
1842 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Winnard v. Robbins |
22 Tenn. 614 |
Action of ejectment by a free black man asserting title to land; neither party had legal title and unclear if free black man could hold title to such land |
1842 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wiseman v. Bean |
49 Tenn. 390 |
Dispute over debts attached to a slave |
1871 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wiseman v. Russey |
47 Tenn. 233 |
Dispute over hire of slaves using depreciated Confederate money |
1869 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wise v. Moore |
31 Ga. 148 |
|
1860 |
0 |
Levy and claim |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wise v. State |
24 Ga. 31 |
|
1858 |
0 |
Larceny |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Withers v. Patterson |
27 Tex. 491 |
|
1864 |
0 |
|
Texas |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Womack v. Smith |
30 Tenn. 478 |
Action by heirs to recover slaves sold in an estate sale |
1850 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Womack v. White |
30 Ga. 696 |
|
1860 |
0 |
Action of trover |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Womack v. Womack |
8 Tex. 397 |
|
1852 |
0 |
|
Texas |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woodfolk v. Sweeper |
21 Tenn. 88 |
Action of trespsass by free black man against a white man who wrongfully detained him as a slave |
1840 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woodrum v. Kirkpatrick |
2 Swan 218 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woodson v. Law |
7 Ga. 105 |
|
1849 |
0 |
Action of trover |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woodson v. Pearce |
37 Tenn. 416 |
Action for replevin for a slave lent out |
1858 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woodson v. Smith |
38 Tenn. 276 |
Dispute over construction of a will conveying either a life estate or simply a gift of title to slaves (life tenant cannot adversely possess) |
1858 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woods v. Burrough |
39 Tenn. 202 |
Dispute over sale of slaves provided for in a will |
1858 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woods v. Howell |
17 Ga. 495 |
|
1855 |
0 |
Action of trover |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woods v. Sullivan |
1 Swan 507 |
Action of trover for property of deceased husband (including slaves) by husband of the widow |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wood v. Cruisman |
6 Hum. 279 |
Dispute over court refusal to enjoin sale of slave upon whom judgement had been rendered |
1845 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wood v. Jones |
19 Tenn. 513 |
Bill to redeem a slave upon whom a mortgage had been secured who had been improperly sold |
1838 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wood v. Ross |
43 Ga. 596 |
|
1871 |
0 |
Bribery |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wood v. State |
48 Ga. 192 |
|
1873 |
0 |
Fradulent claim |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woodward v. Gates |
38 Ga. 205 |
|
1868 |
0 |
Waste action |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woodward v. Solomon |
7 Ga. 246 |
|
1849 |
0 |
Conveyanace of sales |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woodward v. Williams |
11 Hum. 323 |
Action to recover proceeds for sale of slaves the state executed a decree upon |
1850 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woodward v. Woodward |
37 Tenn. 49 |
Action by widow to take possession of her dower including slaves |
1857 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wood & Whitaker v. Tompkins |
28 Ga. 159 |
|
1859 |
0 |
Action of trover |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Woolfolk v. Beatly |
18 Ga. 520 |
|
1855 |
0 |
injunction |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wooten v. Calahan |
32 Ga. 382 |
|
1861 |
0 |
False Representation |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wooten v. Smith |
27 Ga. 216 |
|
1859 |
0 |
Equity action |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wooten v. Wilkins |
39 Ga. 223 |
|
1869 |
0 |
Dying declaration - wills appeal |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wootten & Goolsby v. Callahan |
26 Ga. 366 |
|
1858 |
0 |
Deceit |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Word v. Cavin |
38 Tenn. 506 |
Action of debt upon an implied warranty of title to a slave |
1858 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Word v. Mitchell |
32 Ga. 623 |
|
1861 |
0 |
Manumission of slaves |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Word v. Word |
29 Ga. 281 |
|
1859 |
0 |
Libel for divorce |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Worley v. State |
11 Hum. 172 |
Appeal for conviction of castrating an unruly slave |
1850 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wormack v. Rogers |
9 Ga. 60 |
|
1850 |
0 |
Will and Trust |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Worrill v. Wright |
25 Ga. 657 |
|
1858 |
0 |
Will and Trust |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Worsham v. Brown |
4 Ga. 284 |
|
1848 |
0 |
Bill in Equity |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Worthy v. Johnson |
10 Ga. 358 |
|
1851 |
0 |
Unauthorized sale of slaves |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wright v. Zeigler |
1 Ga. 324 |
|
1846 |
0 |
Will and Trust |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wyatt v. State |
2 Swan 394 |
Appeal by slave for conviction of assault with attempt to rape a white women |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wyche v. Greene |
26 Ga. 415 |
|
1858 |
0 |
Will and Trust |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wyche v. Greene |
16 Ga. 49 |
|
1854 |
0 |
|
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wylly v. S. Z. Collins & Co. |
9 Ga. 223 |
|
1851 |
0 |
Will and Trust |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wyman v. Campbell |
6 Port. 219 |
|
1838 |
0 |
|
Alabama |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wynne v. Alford |
29 Ga. 694 |
|
1860 |
0 |
Contractual disputes |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wynne v. State |
45 Tenn. 319 |
Dispute over admissibility of evidence in case of prison escape by a "negro" |
1868 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wynne v. Warren |
49 Tenn. 118 |
Trustee losing proceeds from sale of a slave |
1870 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Wynn v. Garland |
19 Ark. 23 |
|
1857 |
0 |
|
Arkansas |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Yancy v. Yancy |
52 Tenn. 353 |
Gift of slaves invalid because not conveyed in writing |
1871 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Yarborough v. West |
10 Ga. 471 |
|
1851 |
0 |
Remainder of Estate cannot be given by verbal gift |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Yarbrough v. Newell |
18 Tenn. 376 |
Dispute over whether use of slave as security for a loan conveyed title to the loaner |
1837 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Yeatman v. Hart |
25 Tenn. 375 |
Action on the case to recover value of a slave who died while hired out |
1845 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Yerger v. Rains |
23 Tenn. 259 |
Action of trover to recover the values of two slaves taken from Mississippi to Tennessee |
1843 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Young v. Cavitt |
54 Tenn. 18 |
action to recover fund from being hired out as pursuant to a will |
1871 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Young v. Ford Motor Co. |
595 So. 2d 1123 |
|
1992 |
0 |
|
Louisiana |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Young v. Jones |
28 Tenn. 551 |
Dispute over whether corn produced with slaves, who were separate property of the wife, also belonged to the wife |
1848 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Young v. Shumate |
35 Tenn. 369 |
Action to be released from the purchase of a slave due to fraudulent concealment of unsoundness of the slave at time of purchase |
1855 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Young v. State |
11 Hum. 200 |
Appeal for conviction of murder of a slave |
1850 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Young v. Thompson |
42 Tenn. 596 |
Dispute over title of slaves purchased from an estate sale |
1865 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Young v. Young |
47 Tenn. 461 |
Marital property dispute involving slaves |
1870 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Zeigler v. Scott |
10 Ga. 389 |
|
1851 |
0 |
Equity Actions |
Georgia |
Caselaw Access Project
|