Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Wilson v. McElroy 10 Miss. 241 1844 0 Mississippi
Childress v. Ford 18 Miss. 25 1848 0 Mississippi
Jordan v. Roach 32 Miss. 481 1856 0 Mississippi
Clark Sand Co. v. Kelly 60 So. 3d 149 2011 1 Mississippi
Foy v. Foy 25 Miss. 207 1852 0 Mississippi
Carter v. Carter 28 Miss. 326 1854 0 Mississippi
Tillman v. Cowand 20 Miss. 262 1849 0 Mississippi
Berry v. Bacon 28 Miss. 318 1854 0 Mississippi
Hill v. McLaurin 28 Miss. 288 1854 0 Mississippi
Grant v. Lloyd 20 Miss. 191 1849 0 Mississippi
Jayne v. Dillon 28 Miss. 283 1854 0 Mississippi
Watson v. State 36 Miss. 593 1859 0 Mississippi
Gully v. Dunlap 24 Miss. 410 1852 0 Mississippi
Wyse v. Dandridge 35 Miss. 672 1858 0 Mississippi
Smith v. Williams 36 Miss. 545 1858 0 Mississippi
Wells v. Wells 35 Miss. 638 1858 0 Mississippi
Gibson v. Jayne 37 Miss. 164 1859 0 Mississippi
Fears v. Sykes 35 Miss. 633 1858 0 Mississippi
Govan v. Binford 25 Miss. 151 1852 0 Mississippi
Prewett v. Land 36 Miss. 495 1858 0 Mississippi