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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gibson v. Marquis 29 Ala. 668 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
Clement v. Wafer 12 La. Ann. 599 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, creditor's rights, marital property Louisiana
Barclay v. Sewell 12 La. Ann. 262 1857 0 Property, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 878 1857 0 Debts, secutiries, mortgages, property Louisiana
Field & Adams v. Lucas 21 Ga. 447 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia
Booty v. Brazier 22 Ga. 20 1857 0 Recovery for promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Ex parte Russell 29 Ala. 717 1857 0 Probate dispute Alabama
Beale v. Hall 22 Ga. 431 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Girod v. Belknap 12 La. Ann. 791 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Howell v. Crane 12 La. Ann. 126 1857 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, promissory notes Louisiana
Hook v. Stovall, Dunn & Co. 21 Ga. 69 1857 0 Promissory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Hammond v. Candler 22 Ga. 281 1857 0 forfeiture of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Quarles v. Grigsby 31 Ala. 172 1857 0 Fraudulent Conveyance Alabama
Pace v. Mealing 21 Ga. 464 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Bunn v. Bunn 22 Ga. 472 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Pickens v. Yarborough 30 Ala. 408 1857 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Sheppard v. Sheppard 22 Ga. 426 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Meek v. Holton 22 Ga. 491 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Crawford v. Cato 22 Ga. 594 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Arline v. Miller 22 Ga. 330 1857 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia