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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chapman v. Chapman 32 Ala. 106 1858 0 Action by ward against guardian Alabama
Muscogee Railroad v. Neal 26 Ga. 120 1858 0 Recovery for damegs for death of slave on railroad Supreme Court of Georgia
Terrell v. McKinny 26 Ga. 447 1858 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Tilman v. Stringer 26 Ga. 171 1858 0 Action for value of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Sherill v. Parrott 26 Ga. 388 1858 0 Possessory Warrant Supreme Court of Georgia
Andrews v. Bonner 26 Ga. 520 1858 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Walden 26 Ga. 249 1858 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Heard v. Sill 26 Ga. 302 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Calhoun v. Stokes 26 Ga. 325 1858 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Martin v. State 25 Ga. 494 1858 0 Indicted for killing a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
McLeroy v. McLeroy 25 Ga. 100 1858 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad v. John 37 Tenn. 524 1858 0 Tennessee
Gassaway v. Hopkins 38 Tenn. 583 1858 0 Tennessee
Polk v. Fancher 38 Tenn. 336 1858 0 Tennessee
Hoyle v. Smith 38 Tenn. 90 1858 0 Tennessee
Owen v. Hancock 38 Tenn. 563 1858 0 Tennessee
Ingram v. Smith 38 Tenn. 411 1858 0 Tennessee
State v. Bonner 39 Tenn. 135 1858 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Allen 38 Tenn. 626 1858 0 Tennessee
Vaden v. Vaden 38 Tenn. 444 1858 0 Tennessee