Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Byrne v. McDow 23 Ala. 404 1853 0 Alabama
Trigg v. Faris 24 Tenn. 343 1844 0 Tennessee
Schindel v. Schindel 12 Md. 294 1858 0 Maryland
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
Pearce v. Gleaves 18 Tenn. 359 1837 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Ward 18 Tenn. 160 1836 0 Tennessee
Rostrup v. Succession of Spicer 165 So. 307 1936 1 Louisiana
Montgomery v. Foreman 410 So. 2d 1160 1982 1 Louisiana
White Hall Agr. Co. v. Police Jury 128 La. 668 1911 1 Louisiana
Bates v. Edwards 294 So. 2d 532 1974 1 Louisiana
HEP Development Corp. v. Mouton 256 So. 2d 744 1971 1 Louisiana
Trowell v. Carraway 57 Tenn. 104 1872 0 Tennessee
First State Bank & Trust Co. of East Baton Rouge Parish v. Seven Gables, Inc. 501 So. 2d 280 1986 1 Louisiana
Leisure Villa Investors v. Life & Casualty Insurance Co. of Tennessee 527 So. 2d 520 1988 1 Louisiana
Thomas v. Kean 10 Rob. 80 1845 1 Louisiana
Heirs of Hunt v. Heirs of Robinson 1 Tex. 748 1846 1 Texas
Sexton v. McGill 2 La. Ann. 190 1847 1 Louisiana
Cloud v. Calhoun 31 S.C. Eq. 358 1858 0 South Carolina
Harbin v. Levi 6 Ala. 399 1844 0 Alabama
Owens v. Claytor 56 Md. 129 1881 0 Maryland