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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Adams v. Carter 53 Ga. 160 1874 0 slave contractual dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Willingham v. Bentley 20 Ga. 783 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Elder v. Ogletree 36 Ga. 64 1867 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Sheppard v. Whitfield 50 Ga. 311 1873 0 slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Mealing v. Pace 14 Ga. 596 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Cook v. Weaver 12 Ga. 47 1852 0 Will and Trust Suprme Court of Georgia
Alderman v. Chester 34 Ga. 152 1865 0 Personal propety dispute Suprme Court of Georgia
Cross v. Bloomer 65 Tenn. 74 1873 0 Tennessee
Bradley v. Kesee 45 Tenn. 223 1867 1 Tennessee
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee
Scott v. Wagstaff 120 Tenn. 252 1907 1 Tennessee
Clevenger v. Clevenger 48 Tenn. 104 1870 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Jarnigan v. Jarnigan 80 Tenn. 292 1883 1 Tennessee
James v. Kennedy 57 Tenn. 607 1873 1 Tennessee
Long v. True 149 Tenn. 673 1923 1 Tennessee
Anderson v. Bedford 44 Tenn. 464 1867 1 Tennessee
Hopkins’ Heirs v. Calloway 47 Tenn. 37 1869 1 Tennessee
Stuber v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad 113 Tenn. 305 1904 1 Tennessee
State v. Bockman 139 Tenn. 422 1917 1 Tennessee