Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shorter v. Urquhart 28 Ala. 360 1856 0 Alabama
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Sadler v. Anderson 17 Tex. 245 1856 0 Texas
Splawn v. Martin 17 Ark. 146 1856 0 Arkansas
Lee v. Bennett 31 Miss. 119 1856 0 Mississippi
Soggins v. Heard 31 Miss. 426 1856 0 Mississippi
Judge of Probate v. Alexander 31 Miss. 297 1856 0 Mississippi
Andrews v. Andrews 28 Ala. 432 1856 0 Alabama
Kelly v. McCaw 29 Ala. 227 1856 0 Alabama
Jones v. Sterns 28 Ala. 677 1856 0 Alabama
Roper v. Roper 29 Ala. 247 1856 0 Alabama
Arnold v. Barrow's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Carroll v. Hancock 48 N.C. 471 1856 0 North Carolina
Byrd's adm. v. Belding's heirs 18 Ark. 118 1856 0 Arkansas
Fenter v. Obaugh 17 Ark. 71 1856 0 Arkansas
Pringle v. Hunt 31 Miss. 351 1856 0 Mississippi
Seay v. Bacon 36 Tenn. 99 1856 0 Tennessee
Mock v. Kennedy 11 La. Ann. 527 1856 0 Louisiana
Rosson v. Hancock 35 Tenn. 434 1856 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee