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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bates v. Woolfolk 5 Ga. 329 1848 0 Trover action Georgia
R. Bishop's Heirs v. Adm'r & Heirs of S. Bishop 13 Ala. 475 1848 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
McWhorter v. Wright, Nichols & Co. 5 Ga. 555 1848 0 Conveyance of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Barrett 5 Ga. 404 1848 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Taylor v. State 4 Ga. 14 1848 0 indictment for liable Supreme Court of Georgia
Morrison v. Judge 14 Ala. 182 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Warnock v. Smith 14 Ala. 156 1848 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Hunley v. Hunley 15 Ala. 91 1848 0 Recovery of Enslaved Personsfrom the Estate Alabama
Governor v. Daily 14 Ala. 469 1848 0 Enslaved Person acting as agent dispute Alabama
Brewer v. Harris 46 Va. 285 1848 0 Illegal detainment SC of Appeals VA
Billups v. Sears 46 Va. 31 1848 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Chinn v. Murray 45 Va. 348 1848 0 Suit for partition of estate SC of Appeals VA
Heth v. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R. 45 Va. 482 1848 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Wilkins v. Judge 14 Ala. 135 1848 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Morris' adm'r v. Morris' adm'r 45 Va. 293 1848 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Turnipseed v. McMath 13 Ala. 44 1848 0 Trover Alabama
Tatum v. Hunter 14 Ala. 557 1848 0 Trial of right of property to a enslaved person Alabama
Steele v. Shirley 17 Miss. 382 1848 0 Petition for property including slaves Mississippi
Simmons v. State 4 Ga. 465 1848 0 accessory to theft of goods by slave Georgia
Spalding v. Grigg 4 Ga. 75 1848 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia