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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Shivers v. Goar 40 Ga. 676 1870 0 Construction of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Butler v. Livingston 15 Ga. 565 1854 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Dorsett v. Frith 21 Ga. 245 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Davis v. Davis 30 Ga. 296 1860 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Johnson v. Morris 21 Ga. 238 1857 0 Slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Bledsoe v. Bledsoe 29 Ga. 385 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Johnson v. Watson 1 Ga. 348 1846 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Cain v. Busby 30 Ga. 714 1860 0 trover action Supreme Court of Georgia
Respass v. Young 11 Ga. 114 1852 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Jordan v. Miller 47 Ga. 346 1872 0 Executor to will Supreme Court of Georgia
Connell v. Vaughn 40 Ga. 154 1869 0 Relief agency Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. McCrary 30 Ga. 878 1860 0 claim for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Carswell v. Ware 30 Ga. 267 1860 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Action brought to recover cost of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Cravy v. Rawlins 8 Ga. 450 1850 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Hicks v. Moore 2 Ga. 240 1847 0 Slaves in possession of law enforcement Supreme Court of Georgia
Sarah v. State 28 Ga. 576 1859 0 Slave indicted for attempted murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Dunwoody 19 Ga. 237 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Treadwell v. Phinizy 41 Ga. 63 1870 0 slave emancipation Supreme Court of Georgia