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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Benton ex rel. Benton v. Montague 253 N.C. 695 1961 1 North Carolina
Bently v. Cummins 8 Ark. 490 1848 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Bentley v. State Board of Medical Examiners 152 Ga. 836 1922 1 Georgia
Bentley v. State 131 Ga. App. 425 1974 1 Georgia
Bentley v. Smith 241 Ala. 229 1941 1 Alabama
Bentley v. Shreve 2 Md. Ch. 215 1849 1 Maryland
Bentley v. Phelps 3 F. Cas. 244 1847 1 United States
Bentley v. Harris's Adm'r 43 Va. 357 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Bentley v. Cummins 9 Ark. 487 1849 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Bentley v. Cleaveland 22 Ala. 814 1853 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Bentley v. Barnes 155 Ala. 659 1908 1 Alabama
Bentley & Co. v. Simmons 51 Ala. 165 1874 1 Alabama
Bentinck v. Franklie 38 Tex. 458 1873 1 Texas
Bente v. Sullivan 52 Tex. Civ. App. 454 1908 1 Texas
Benson v. Yellott 76 Md. 159 1892 1 Maryland
Benson v. Mitchell 26 Ala. 360 1855 1 Alabama
Benson v. Mathews 7 La. 356 1834 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, sales, seizure, fieri facias Louisiana
Benson v. Markoe 37 Minn. 30 1887 1 Minnesota
Benson v. Linthicum 75 Md. 141 1891 1 Maryland
Benson v. Holloway 59 Miss. 358 1881 1 Mississippi