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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Patton Ex'r. v. Allison 26 Tenn. 320 1846 0 Tennessee
Yeatman v. Hart 25 Tenn. 375 1845 0 Tennessee
Parham v. Parham 25 Tenn. 287 1845 0 Tennessee
Orgain v. Ramsey 22 Tenn. 580 1842 0 Tennessee
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
McCollum v. Smith 19 Tenn. 342 1838 0 Tennessee
Parker's v. Gilliam 18 Tenn. 394 1837 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. Thompson 17 Tenn. 45 1836 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Morris 56 Tenn. 814 1872 0 Tennessee
Young v. Cavitt 54 Tenn. 18 1871 0 Tennessee
Finis v. Cannon 44 Tenn. 121 1867 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Bowman 40 Tenn. 678 1859 0 Tennessee
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Layne v. Adkins No. E201002189COAR3CV, 2011 WL 13164949, at *13 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2011) 2011 2 Tennessee
Brown v. Dortch 59 Tenn. 740 1874 0 Tennessee
Murphy v. Partee 66 Tenn. 373 1874 0 Tennessee
Troup v. Hart 66 Tenn. 188 1874 0 Tennessee
Bob v. State 26 Tenn. 129 1846 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
McEwen v. Troost 33 Tenn. 186 1853 0 Tennessee