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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee
Puckett v. James 21 Tenn. 565 1841 0 Tennessee
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee
Jarnagin v. Conway 21 Tenn. 50 1840 0 Tennessee
Underwood v. Dismukes 19 Tenn. 299 1838 0 Tennessee
Brunson v. Brunson 19 Tenn. 630 1838 0 Tennessee
Jordan v. Black 19 Tenn. 142 1838 0 Tennessee
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
Rhea v. State 18 Tenn. 258 1837 0 Tennessee
Overton v. Bigelow's Administrator 18 Tenn. 48 1836 0 Tennessee
Belcher v. Belcher 18 Tenn. 121 1836 0 Tennessee
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Porter 16 La. Ann. 370 1861 0 Louisiana
Alexander v. Wallace 18 Tenn. 105 1836 0 Tennessee
Gibson v. Gibson 17 Tenn. 329 1836 0 Tennessee
McCullough v. Moore 17 Tenn. 305 1836 0 Tennessee
Ferris v. Eichbaum 63 Tenn. 70 1874 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. Mayhew 58 Tenn. 596 1872 0 Tennessee