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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bowers v. Keesecher 9 Iowa 422 1859 1 Iowa
Williams v. Carpenter 28 Mo. 453 1859 1 Missouri
Dickinson v. Solomons 26 Ga. 684 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Bell v. Mayor of Vicksburg 64 U.S. 443 1859 1 United States
Mulligan v. Bailey 28 Ga. 507 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Cannon 40 Tenn. 354 1859 0 Tennessee
Isaac v. Farnsworth 40 Tenn. 275 1859 0 Tennessee
Scruggs v. Davis 40 Tenn. 664 1859 0 Tennessee
Moye v. Kittrell 29 Ga. 677 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Ward v. Allen 28 Ga. 74 1859 0 Modification of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Brewton v. Smith 28 Ga. 442 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Wood & Whitaker v. Tompkins 28 Ga. 159 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Barbet v. Roth 14 La. Ann. 381 1859 1 Louisiana
Perkins v. Brown 29 Ga. 412 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Dukes v. Nelson 27 Ga. 457 1859 0 Breach of warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Howard v. Snelling 28 Ga. 469 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Cantrell v. Adderholt 28 Ga. 239 1859 0 Trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Russell v. Kearney 27 Ga. 96 1859 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Hunt v. Printup 28 Ga. 297 1859 0 Trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Strickland 28 Ga. 387 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia