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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Overseers v. Baker's Executors 2 Watts 280 1834 0 Recovery for expenses SC of PA.
Whitehill v. Wilson 3 Pen. & W. 405 1832 0 Relocation of goods SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Cook 1 Watts 155 1832 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Robinson 1 Watts 158 1832 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Foremans v. Tamm 1 Grant 23 1853 0 Unlawful entry SC of PA.
Gasper v. Donaldson 1 Whart. 227 1836 0 Action of ejectment SC of PA.
Hart v. Hill 1 Whart. 124 1836 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Hobbs v. Fogg 6 Watts 553 1837 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Overseers v. Kline 9 Pa. 217 1848 0 Recovery for services rendered SC of PA.
Beltzhoover v. Costen 7 Pa. 13 1847 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Hartman v. Keystone Insurance 21 Pa. 466 1853 0 Insurance Dispute SC of PA.
Passmore Williamson's Case 26 Pa. 9 1855 0 Recovery for wages SC of PA.
Lyman v. City of Philadelphia 56 Pa. 488 1868 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
In re Omohundro's Estate 2 Brewst. 298 1870 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Holmes v. Johnson 42 Pa. 159 1862 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Shirk's Case 3 Grant 460 1863 0 Wrongful detetion SC of PA.
Respublica v. Blackmore 2 Yeates 234 1797 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Overseers of Poor of Forks in Northampton County v. Overseers of Poor of Catawessa in Northumberland County 3 Binn. 22 1810 0 Recovery for care of slave SC of PA.
Stiles v. Richardson 4 Yeates 82 1804 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.