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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Smith v. Rosser 37 Ga. 353 1867 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
John v. State 33 Ga. 257 1862 0 Murder of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Bunn v. Bunn 22 Ga. 472 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Womack v. White 30 Ga. 696 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
McGinnis v. McGinnis 1 Ga. 496 1846 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Rutledge v. Montgomery 30 Ga. 899 1860 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Dawson v. Callaway 31 Ga. 47 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Carter v. Buchannon 3 Ga. 513 1847 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Shorter v. Cobb 39 Ga. 285 1869 0 Slave Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Pool v. Morris 29 Ga. 374 1859 0 Equity action for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Heard v. Heard 18 Ga. 739 1855 0 Possessory warrant Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Mobley 38 Ga. 241 1868 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
McWhorter v. Wright, Nichols & Co. 5 Ga. 555 1848 0 Conveyance of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Clark v. Beall 39 Ga. 533 1869 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
McKinney v. Burns 31 Ga. 295 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Barrett 5 Ga. 404 1848 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Green 37 Ga. 37 1867 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Stephenson v. State 40 Ga. 291 1869 0 Concealment of armed weapon Supreme Court of Georgia
Morgan v. Jones 24 Ga. 155 1858 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia