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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burton v. Burton 4 Del. 38 1843 0 Replevin to which individual in a will Delaware
Burton v. Burton 52 Tenn. App. 484 1963 1 Tennessee
Burton v. Cahill 192 N.C. 505 1926 1 North Carolina
Burton v. Cannon 2 Del. Cas. 30 1807 0 Grant of freedom after line of exchange was interrupted Delaware
Burton v. Chaney 3 La. Ann. 338 1848 0 Promissory notes, property, sales, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Burton v. Conigland 82 N.C. 99 1880 1 North Carolina
Burton v. Dangerfield 141 Ala. 285 1904 1 Alabama
Burton v. Farinholt 86 N.C. 260 1882 1 North Carolina
Burton v. F. A. Seifert & Co. 108 Va. 338 1908 1 Virginia
Burton v. Hearn 1 Del. Cas. 78 1795 0 Money for illegal transportation of another's enslaved individual Delaware
Burton v. Henry 90 Ala. 281 1890 1 Alabama
Burton v. Holley 29 Ala. 318 1856 0 Wrongful Taking of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Burton v. Holly 18 Ala. 408 1850 1 Alabama
Burton v. Jennings 158 Md. 254 1930 1 Maryland
Burton v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. 171 Miss. 596 1934 1 Mississippi
Burton v. Jones 212 Ala. 353 1925 1 Alabama
Burton v. Kipp 30 Mont. 275 1904 1 Montana
Burton v. Lawrence 4 Tex. 187 1849 0 Action to recover wages Texas
Burton v. Le Roy 4 F. Cas. 867 1879 1 United States
Burton v. Meeks 222 Ala. 681 1931 1 Alabama