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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Loftis v. Glass 15 Ark. 680 1855 0 Will & trust Arkansas
McGlawn v. McGlawn 17 Ga. 234 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Wynn v. Wilson 30 F. Cas. 751 1855 0 Application for injunction United States
Clayton v. Brown 17 Ga. 217 1855 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Underhill v. Saratoga & Washington Rail Road 20 Barb. 455 1855 1 New York
Maskall v. Maskall 35 Tenn. 208 1855 1 Tennessee
Ashby v. Harrison's Committee 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1855 1 Virginia
Dinkins v. Moore 17 Ga. 62 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Hampton v. Hampton 18 Ga. 513 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Perdue v. Ellis 18 Ga. 586 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Kitchen v. Crawford 13 Tex. 516 1855 0 Texas
Branan v. May 17 Ga. 136 1855 0 Obstruction action for injury Supreme Court of Georgia
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 Action of slander North Carolina
Hall v. Hall 18 Ga. 40 1855 0 Testator of will Georgia
State v. Williams 47 N.C. 194 1855 0 Indictment for larceny and trading w/ slaves North Carolina
Taylor v. Buchan 16 Ga. 541 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Pensenneau v. Pensenneau 22 Mo. 27 1855 1 Missouri
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Action brought to recover two slaves Supreme Court of Georgia