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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Whidby v. Lewis 32 Ga. 472 1861 0 Trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Scudder v. Woodbridge 1 Ga. 195 1846 0 Recovery of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Bryan v. Walton 33 Ga. Supp. 11 1864 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Tompkins v. Philips 12 Ga. 52 1852 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Harper v. Scott 12 Ga. 125 1852 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Floyd v. Wallace 31 Ga. 688 1861 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Groce v. Rittenberry 14 Ga. 232 1853 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Sullivan v. Hugly 32 Ga. 316 1861 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Phillips v. State ex rel. Saunders 15 Ga. 518 1854 0 Possessory warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Ball v. Wallace 32 Ga. 170 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Branan v. May 17 Ga. 136 1855 0 Obstruction action for injury Supreme Court of Georgia
Bradley v. Lowry 17 S.C. Eq. 1 1842 0 South Carolina
Smith v. Thompson 2 Swan 386 1852 0 Tennessee
Williamson v. Williamson 57 Ky. 329 1857 0 North Carolina
Galt v. Dibrell 18 Tenn. 146 1836 0 Tennessee
Mosely v. Hamilton 63 Tenn. 434 1874 0 Tennessee
West v. Lanier 28 Tenn. 762 1849 0 Tennessee
Whitson v. Gray 40 Tenn. 441 1859 0 Tennessee
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 Larceny North Carolina
Couch v. Jones 49 N.C. 402 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina