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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ward v. Allen 28 Ga. 74 1859 0 Modification of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Totten v. Cooke 59 Ky. 275 1859 1 Kentucky
Wickersham v. Orr 9 Iowa 253 1859 1 Iowa
Willett v. Carroll 13 Md. 459 1859 0 Maryland
Word v. Word 29 Ga. 281 1859 0 Libel for divorce Supreme Court of Georgia
Peers v. Davis’ Administrators 29 Mo. 184 1859 0 Missouri
Naylor’s Administrator v. Moffatt 29 Mo. 126 1859 0 Missouri
Duncan v. Philips 40 Tenn. 415 1859 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Strickland 28 Ga. 387 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia
Brown v. Cannon 40 Tenn. 354 1859 0 Tennessee
Davis v. Christian 56 Va. 11 1859 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Poindexter v. Jeffries 56 Va. 363 1859 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Garrett v. Brock 27 Ga. 576 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Hargrove v. Webb & Allen 27 Ga. 172 1859 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Mitchell v. Woodson 37 Miss. 567 1859 1 Mississippi
Birdsong v. Birdsong 39 Tenn. 289 1859 0 Tennessee
Gilmore v. Johnson 29 Ga. 67 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Blythe v. Speaks 23 Tex. 429 1859 0 Texas
Robson v. Jones 27 Ga. 266 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Stockley v. Rowley 39 Tenn. 493 1859 0 Tennessee