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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Tompkins v. Tigner 17 Ga. 103 1855 0 Breach of Contract Supreme Court of Georgia
Woods v. Howell 17 Ga. 495 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 16 Ga. 114 1854 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Miller v. Lewis 33 Ga. Supp. 61 1864 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Lyons v. Stephens 45 Ga. 141 1872 0 Misrepresentation of contract Supreme Court of Georgia
Cheever v. Brown & Brown 30 Ga. 904 1860 0 recovery for business transaction Georgia
Grady v. State 11 Ga. 253 1852 0 Freedom suit Supreme Court of Georgia
Respass v. Young 11 Ga. 114 1852 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Simmons v. Byrd 49 Ga. 285 1873 0 Executor wasting the assets of the testator Supreme Court of Georgia
Hicks v. Ayer 5 Ga. 298 1848 0 Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Hambright v. Stover 31 Ga. 300 1860 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Henry v. State 33 Ga. 441 1863 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Taylor v. Martin 49 Ga. 572 1872 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Cleland v. Waters 16 Ga. 496 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Pearce v. E. M. Bruce & Co. 38 Ga. 444 1868 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Dunn v. Bryan 38 Ga. 154 1868 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Jones v. George T. Rogers & Son 36 Ga. 157 1867 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Adams 36 Ga. 236 1867 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Collins v. Barksdale 23 Ga. 602 1857 0 Private Property dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Bassett v. Governor 11 Ga. 207 1852 0 Levy and claim Supreme Court of Georgia