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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lingo v. Miller & Hill 23 Ga. 187 1857 0 Recovery for a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Walton v. Jordan 23 Ga. 420 1857 0 Action of deceit Supreme Court of Georgia
Succession of Boatwright 12 La. Ann. 893 1857 1 Louisiana
Couch v. Jones 49 N.C. 402 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina
Adams v. Dickson 23 Ga. 406 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Lee v. McElvy 23 Ga. 129 1857 0 will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Porter v. Thomas 23 Ga. 467 1857 0 Will and Trust Suprem Court of Georgia
Jordan v. State 22 Ga. 545 1857 0 Indictment for murdering a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Sanders v. Stokes 30 Ala. 432 1857 0 Trover Alabama
Trippe v. Trippe 29 Ala. 637 1857 0 Action for partition Alabama
Webb v. Webb's Heirs 29 Ala. 588 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
Traun v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 136 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
De Ende v. Wilkinson's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 663 1857 0 Action of debt Special Ct of Appeals VA
Wittick's Adm'r v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 199 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Weathers v. Patterson 30 Ala. 404 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
Bass v. Taylor 34 Miss. 342 1857 1 Mississippi
Duval v. Malone 55 Va. 24 1857 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
George v. English 30 Ala. 582 1857 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
McKenzie v. Bentley 30 Ala. 139 1857 0 Debt dispute Alabama
James v. Carper 36 Tenn. 397 1857 0 Tennessee