Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Decherd v. Blanton 35 Tenn. 373 1855 0 Tennessee
Murdock v. Memphis & Ohio R. R. 66 Tenn. 557 1874 1 Tennessee
Sherron v. Hall 72 Tenn. 498 1880 1 Tennessee
Templeton v. Brown 86 Tenn. 50 1887 1 Tennessee
Ward v. Saunders 35 Tenn. 387 1855 0 Tennessee
Lowe v. Morris 36 Tenn. 69 1856 0 Tennessee
Walls' adm'r v. Ward 2 Swan 648 1852 0 Tennessee
Scott v. Hix 2 Sneed 192 1854 0 Tennessee
Houston v. Embry 1 Sneed 480 1853 0 Tennessee
Douglass v. Harrison 2 Sneed 382 1854 0 Tennessee
State v. Harris 2 Sneed 224 1854 0 Tennessee
Cobb, Welsh & Co. v. Johnson 2 Sneed 73 1854 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 2 Sneed 11 1854 0 Tennessee
Gourley v. Thompson 2 Sneed 387 1854 0 Tennessee
Bierce v. James 87 Tenn. 538 1889 1 Tennessee
Roach v. Francisco 138 Tenn. 357 1917 1 Tennessee
Shell v. Shell 34 Tenn. 716 1855 1 Tennessee
Savage v. Hale 1 Sneed 365 1853 0 Tennessee
Mosely v. Baker 2 Sneed 362 1854 0 Tennessee
Sharp v. Sharp 2 Sneed 496 1855 0 Tennessee