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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Owens v. Claytor 56 Md. 129 1881 0 Maryland
Owen's adm'r v. Owen 24 Tenn. 352 1844 0 Tennessee
Overton v. Simon 10 La. Ann. 685 1855 0 Obligations, contracts, breach of contract, negligence Louisiana
Overton v. Overton 10 La. 466 1836 0 Successions, property, sequestration, sales Louisiana
Overton v. Maben 37 Va. 609 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Overton v. Gervais 5 Mart. (n.s.) 682 1827 0 Obligations, debts, property, reconventional demand, redhibition, fraud, contracts, breach Louisiana
Overton v. Gervais 6 Mart. (n.s.) 685 1828 0 Sales, property, debts, bonds Louisiana
Overton v. Ex'ors of Morris 3 Port. 249 1836 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Overton v. Bigelow's Administrator 18 Tenn. 48 1836 0 Tennessee
Overton v. Archinard 5 Mart. (n.s.) 207 1826 0 Sales, property, delivery, successions, syndic, seizure, mortgages Louisiana
Overton v. Allen 40 Tenn. 440 1859 0 Tennessee
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Overstreet v. Nunn's Executors 36 Ala. 649 1860 0 Trover for conversion Alabama
Overseers v. Kline 9 Pa. 217 1848 0 Recovery for services rendered SC of PA.
Overseers v. Baker's Executors 2 Watts 280 1834 0 Recovery for expenses SC of PA.
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Defective slave register SC of PA.
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Contract dispute over infirm slave SC of New York
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Marriage between 2 slaves SC of New York
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.
Overseers of Germantown v. Overseers of the Poor of Livingston 2 Cai. 106 1804 0 SC of New York