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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas
Shorter v. Sheppard 33 Ala. 648 1859 1 Alabama
Scruggs v. Davis 40 Tenn. 664 1859 0 Tennessee
Carey v. Dennis 13 Md. 1 1859 1 Maryland
Robson v. Jones 27 Ga. 266 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Gilmore v. Johnson 29 Ga. 67 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Fancher & Foot v. Goodman 29 Barb. 315 1859 1 New York
Hargrove v. Webb & Allen 27 Ga. 172 1859 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
White v. White 40 Tenn. 404 1859 0 Tennessee
Garrett v. Brock 27 Ga. 576 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Moye v. Kittrell 29 Ga. 677 1859 0 Action of trover 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
Shoop v. Powles 13 Md. 304 1859 1 Maryland
Howard v. Snelling 28 Ga. 469 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Strickland 28 Ga. 387 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia
Jeter v. Fellowes 32 Pa. 465 1859 1 Pennsylvania
Ward v. Allen 28 Ga. 74 1859 0 Modification of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Gorman v. Hammond 28 Ga. 85 1859 1 Georgia
Flanders v. Meath 27 Ga. 358 1859 0 recovery for property damage Supreme Court of Georgia