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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cheek v. Bellows 17 Tex. 613 1856 0 Common property dispute Texas
Parker v. McKelvain 17 Tex. 157 1856 0 Sale dispute Texas
Sadler v. Anderson 17 Tex. 245 1856 0 Levy on slaves Texas
Crump v. Mitchell 34 Miss. 449 1857 0 Statute of limitations issue Mississippi
Hook v. Stovall, Dunn & Co. 21 Ga. 69 1857 0 Promissory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Beale v. Hall 22 Ga. 431 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Jordan v. State 22 Ga. 545 1857 0 Indictment for murdering a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Morris v. Stokes 21 Ga. 552 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Executors of Smith 23 Ga. 21 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Childers v. Childers 21 Ga. 377 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Feagin v. Beasley 23 Ga. 17 1857 0 Breach of warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Lingo v. Miller & Hill 23 Ga. 187 1857 0 Recovery for a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Walton v. Jordan 23 Ga. 420 1857 0 Action of deceit Supreme Court of Georgia
Lee v. McElvy 23 Ga. 129 1857 0 will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Dickson 23 Ga. 406 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Emancipation, will Louisiana
Brander v. Bobo 12 La. Ann. 616 1857 0 Property, Sales, seizure Louisiana
McGowan v. Laughlan 12 La. Ann. 242 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, prescription Louisiana
Phipps v. Berger 12 La. Ann. 111 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Chevalier v. Whatley 12 La. Ann. 651 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, consideration, capacity, fraud Louisiana