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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Bates v. Woolfolk 85 Ga 329 1848 0 Trover acion Supreme Court of Georgia
Powell v. Glenn 21 Ala. 458 1852 0 Trover Alabama
Gray v. Crocheron 8 Port. 191 1838 0 Trover Alabama
Smith v. Hooks 19 Ala. 101 1851 0 Trover Alabama
Hamner v. Smith 22 Ala. 433 1853 0 Trover Alabama
Gimon v. Terrell 38 Ala. 208 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Harris v. Bell 27 Ala. 520 1855 0 Trover Alabama
McConeghy v. McCaw 31 Ala. 447 1858 0 Trover Alabama
Strong v. Strong 6 Ala. 345 1844 0 Trover Alabama
Echols v. Derrick 2 Stew. 144 1829 0 Trover Alabama
Toulmin v. Buchanan's Executors 1 Stew. 67 1827 0 Trover Alabama
Hatter's Ex'ors v. Greenlee 1 Port. 222 1834 0 Trover Alabama
Harrison v. Hicks 1 Port. 423 1835 0 Trover Alabama
Norris v. Bradford 4 Ala. 203 1842 0 Trover Alabama
Nelson v. Beck 54 Ala. 329 1875 0 Trover Alabama
Smith v. Ruddle 15 Ala. 28 1848 0 Trover Alabama
White v. Martin 1 Port. 215 1834 0 Trover Alabama
Johnson v. Wren 3 Stew. 172 1830 0 Trover Alabama
Ragsdale v. Norwood 38 Ala. 21 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Mobley v. Barnes 26 Ala. 718 1855 0 Trover Alabama