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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bentley v. Harris's Adm'r 43 Va. 357 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Bentley v. Cummins 9 Ark. 487 1849 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Bentley v. Cleaveland 22 Ala. 814 1853 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Benson v. Mathews 7 La. 356 1834 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, sales, seizure, fieri facias Louisiana
Benson v. Benson 24 Miss. 625 1852 0 Satisfaction of debt Mississippi
Benson v. Anderson 4 H. & J. 315 1818 0 Maryland
Benoit v. Hebert 1 La. 212 1830 0 Successions, property, simulation, fraud, partition Louisiana
Benoit v. Broussard 19 La. 387 1841 0 Successions, sales, agency, contracts, property Louisiana
Benoit v. Brill 15 Miss. 32 1846 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 3 La. 223 1832 0 Successions, fraud, simulation, sales, consideration, property Louisiana
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 8 La. 228 1835 0 Partition, property, successions, prescription Louisiana
Benning v. Nelson 23 Ala. 801 1853 0 Right of Property Alabama
Bennet v. Starnes 8 La. Ann. 77 1853 0 Judicial seizure, unpaid wages, property Louisiana
Bennett v. Woolfolk 15 Ga. 213 1854 0 Bill for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Bennett v. Williamson 30 N.C. 121 1847 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Bennett v. Williamson 18 N.C. 282 1835 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Bennett v. Williams 46 Ga. 399 1872 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Bennett v. Union Bank 24 Tenn. 612 1845 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. Toler 56 Va. 588 1860 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bennett v. Terrill 20 Ga. 83 1856 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia