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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Powell v. Bigley 14 Ga. 41 1853 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Clayton v. Brown 17 Ga. 217 1855 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Garrett v. Brock 27 Ga. 576 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Morgan v. Jones 24 Ga. 155 1858 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Sharman v. Jackson 30 Ga. 224 1860 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Rutledge v. Montgomery 30 Ga. 899 1860 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 16 Ga. 114 1854 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Respass v. Young 11 Ga. 114 1852 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Robinson v. McDonald 2 Ga. 116 1847 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Mulligan v. Bailey 28 Ga. 507 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Landrum v. Russell 29 Ga. 405 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 29 Ga. 225 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Walker v. Watson 32 Ga. 264 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Howard v. Snelling 28 Ga. 469 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Aiken v. Cato 23 Ga. 154 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Williamson's Administrators v. Smart 1 N.C. 219 1801 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Carter v. Buchanan 9 Ga. 539 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Thrash v. Hardy 31 Ga. 203 1860 0 Action of trover Suprem Court of Georgia
Cole v. Terry 19 N.C. 252 1837 0 Action of trover North Carolina