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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Brown v. Strickland 28 Ga. 387 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia
M’Cleskey v. Leadbetter 1 Ga. 551 1846 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Ball v. Wallace 32 Ga. 170 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Mapp v. Phillips 32 Ga. 72 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Womack v. White 30 Ga. 696 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Phllips v. Martiney's Ex'or 51 Va. 333 1853 0 Action of trover SC of Appeals VA
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Dawson v. Callaway 31 Ga. 47 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Bigby v. Powell 25 Ga. 244 1858 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Wood & Whitaker v. Tompkins 28 Ga. 159 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Thrash v. Hardy 31 Ga. 203 1860 0 Action of trover Suprem Court of Georgia
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Brewton v. Smith 28 Ga. 442 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Tompkins v. Philips 12 Ga. 52 1852 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Bell v. McCawley 29 Ga. 355 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Wight v. Hester 24 Ga. 485 1858 0 Action of trover Supreme Courrt of Georgia
Dinkins v. Moore 17 Ga. 62 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Harper v. Scott 12 Ga. 125 1852 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia