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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cowart v. Strickland 149 Ga. 397 1919 1 Georgia
Cowart v. Miner 29 S.W.2d 1007 1930 1 Texas
Coward v. Thompson 44 Tenn. 442 1867 0 Tennessee
Coward v. State ex rel. Worrel 7 G. & J. 475 1836 0 Maryland
Cowan v. Williams 49 Tex. 380 1878 1 Texas
Cowan v. Walker 117 Tenn. 135 1906 1 Tennessee
Cowan v. Tucker 30 N.C. 426 1848 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cowan v. Tucker 27 N.C. 78 1844 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cowan v. Stamps 46 Miss. 435 1872 0 Status of a will in which slaves were directed to be removed to Africa for emancipation Mississippi
Cowan v. Staggs 178 Ala. 144 1912 1 Alabama
Cowan v. Skinner 52 Fla. 494 1906 1 Florida
Cowan v. Silliman 15 N.C. 46 1833 0 Sales North Carolina
Cowan v. Pruitt 18 Ala. App. 76 1921 1 Alabama
Cowan v. Pruitt 206 Ala. 34 1921 1 Alabama
Cowan v. Perkins 214 Ala. 155 1926 1 Alabama
Cowan v. Nixon 28 Tex. 230 1866 1 Texas
Cowan v. Mason 428 S.W.2d 96 1968 1 Texas
Cowan v. Jones 27 Ala. 317 1855 1 Alabama
Cowan v. Green 7 N.C. 569 1819 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cowan v. Green 9 N.C. 384 1823 0 Action of detinue North Carolina