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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Savage v. Hale 1 Sneed 365 1853 0 Tennessee
Cobb, Welsh & Co. v. Johnson 2 Sneed 73 1854 0 Tennessee
Houston v. Embry 1 Sneed 480 1853 0 Tennessee
Walls' adm'r v. Ward 2 Swan 648 1852 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Saunders 35 Tenn. 387 1855 0 Tennessee
Decherd v. Blanton 35 Tenn. 373 1855 0 Tennessee
Gee v. Gee 2 Sneed 395 1854 0 Tennessee
Aikin v. Smith 1 Sneed 304 1853 0 Tennessee
Joses v. State 2 Swan 399 1852 0 Tennessee
Carnahan v. Wood 2 Swan 500 1852 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Saunders 2 Swan 174 1852 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. State 1 Swan 411 1852 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 2 Swan 237 1852 0 Tennessee
Richardson v. Cole 2 Swan 100 1852 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Dinsmore 2 Swan 38 1852 0 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Lawrence 2 Swan 141 1852 0 Tennessee
Sevier v. Brown 2 Swan 112 1852 0 Tennessee
Maultsby v. Carty 11 Hum. 361 1850 0 Tennessee
State v. McCarn 11 Hum. 494 1851 0 Tennessee
Flowers v. Wilkes 1 Swan 408 1852 0 Tennessee