Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Read v. Manning 30 Miss. 308 1855 0 Mississippi
Carter v. Graves 7 Miss. 9 1841 0 Mississippi
Watson v. Dickens 20 Miss. 608 1849 0 Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi
Van Buren v. State 24 Miss. 512 1852 0 Mississippi
Jesse v. State 28 Miss. 100 1854 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 7 Miss. 326 1842 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. State 17 Miss. 115 1847 0 Mississippi
Grand Gulf Railroad & Banking Co. ex rel. Ingraham v. Conger 17 Miss. 505 1848 0 Mississippi
Gray v. Bridgeforth 33 Miss. 312 1857 0 Mississippi
Lawson v. Shotwell 27 Miss. 630 1854 0 Mississippi
Ragan v. Gray 27 Miss. 645 1854 0 Mississippi
Foster v. Pugh 20 Miss. 416 1849 0 Mississippi
Whitney ex rel. Stewart v. Whitney 15 Miss. 740 1846 0 Mississippi
Joor v. Williams 38 Miss. 546 1860 0 Mississippi
Byrd v. Wells 40 Miss. 711 1866 0 Mississippi
Herrington's Exr. v. Herrington 1 Miss. 322 1829 0 Mississippi
Harper v. Archer 12 Miss. 99 1845 0 Mississippi
Sam v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 430 1872 0 Mississippi
Lusk v. McNamer 24 Miss. 58 1852 0 Mississippi