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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hart v. Powell 18 Ga. 635 1855 0 Recovery for damages cause to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Perkins v. Brown 29 Ga. 412 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Cobb v. Battle 34 Ga. 458 1866 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Churchill v. Corker 25 Ga. 479 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Terrell v. Bennet 18 Ga. 404 1855 0 Deceit trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Action brought to recover two slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Riley v. Martin 35 Ga. 136 1866 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Tennille v. Phelps 49 Ga. 532 1873 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Dixon 19 Ga. 513 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Dill v. McGehee 34 Ga. 438 1866 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Colquitt & Baggs v. Tarver 45 Ga. 631 1872 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Lamb v. Girtman 33 Ga. 289 1862 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Morris v. Stokes 21 Ga. 552 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Mounger v. Duke 53 Ga. 277 1874 0 Trust and Estoppel Supreme Court of Georgia
Willis v. Willis 22 Ga. 290 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Pournell v. Harris 29 Ga. 736 1860 0 Will and Trust and Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Black v. Thornton 31 Ga. 641 1860 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Park v. Hardy 19 Ga. 127 1855 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Patterson v. Hickey 32 Ga. 156 1861 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia