Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Williams v. Williams 167 Tenn. 26 1933 1 Tennessee
Matilda v. Crenshaw 12 Tenn. 299 1833 1 Tennessee
May v. Wright's Administrators 1 Tenn. 385 1809 1 Tennessee
French v. A. H. Rainey & Co. 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 640 1876 1 Tennessee
Downs v. Allen 78 Tenn. 652 1882 1 Tennessee
Roy v. Sanford 140 Tenn. 382 1918 1 Tennessee
Boshear v. Lay 53 Tenn. 163 1871 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Johnson 49 Tenn. 225 1870 1 Tennessee
Pullen v. Hopkins 69 Tenn. 741 1878 1 Tennessee
Haynes v. Cumberland Builders, Inc. 546 S.W.2d 228 1976 1 Tennessee
Tilford v. Hayes 10 Tenn. 89 1822 1 Tennessee
Sawtelle v. Astor 23 Tenn. App. 33 1938 1 Tennessee
Holston v. Coal & Iron Co. 95 Tenn. 521 1895 1 Tennessee
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Smithwick 112 Tenn. 463 1903 1 Tennessee
Chatterton v. Young 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 768 1877 1 Tennessee
Temple v. Ferguson 110 Tenn. 84 1902 1 Tennessee
Sowder v. Sowder 37 Tenn. 502 1858 1 Tennessee
Merriman v. Smith 599 S.W.2d 548 1979 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Goodlett 92 Tenn. 230 1893 1 Tennessee
Wood v. Polk 59 Tenn. 220 1873 1 Tennessee