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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Carter v. Carter 28 Miss. 326 1854 0 Mississippi
Foy v. Foy 25 Miss. 207 1852 0 Mississippi
Jenkins v. Gillespie 18 Miss. 31 1848 0 Mississippi
Cherry v. Jarratt 25 Miss. 221 1852 0 Mississippi
Montague v. Gaddis 37 Miss. 453 1859 0 Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 28 Miss. 409 1854 0 Mississippi
Gilliam v. Moore 18 Miss. 130 1848 0 Mississippi
James v. Herring 20 Miss. 336 1849 0 Mississippi
Moody v. Harper 28 Miss. 615 1855 0 Mississippi
Talbert v. Melton 17 Miss. 9 1847 0 Mississippi
Gowan v. Jones 18 Miss. 164 1848 0 Mississippi
Jackson v. Jackson 28 Miss. 674 1855 0 Mississippi
McGowan v. James 20 Miss. 445 1849 0 Mississippi
Ferguson v. Applenhite 18 Miss. 301 1848 0 Mississippi
Quine v. Quine 17 Miss. 155 1847 0 Mississippi
Fisher v. Leach 18 Miss. 313 1848 0 Mississippi
Benoit v. Brill 15 Miss. 32 1846 0 Mississippi
Thomas v. Grand Gulf Bank 17 Miss. 201 1848 0 Mississippi
Long v. Shackleford 25 Miss. 559 1853 0 Mississippi
Fellows v. Griffin 17 Miss. 362 1848 0 Mississippi