Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Maskall v. Maskall 35 Tenn. 208 1855 1 Tennessee
Hurst v. Means 34 Tenn. 546 1855 1 Tennessee
Wynn v. Wilson 30 F. Cas. 751 1855 0 United States
Whitaker v. Bramson 29 F. Cas. 947 1855 1 United States
Chamberlain v. Gaillard 26 Ala. 504 1855 0 Alabama
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Miller v. Flournoy's Heirs 26 Ala. 724 1855 0 Alabama
Hathaway v. Leary 55 N.C. 264 1855 0 North Carolina
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
Vaccari v. Maxwell 28 F. Cas. 862 1855 1 United States
Wood v. Ford 29 Miss. 57 1855 0 Mississippi
Ashby v. Harrison's Committee 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1855 1 Virginia
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 682 1855 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Wootton v. Redd's Ex'or 53 Va. 196 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 North Carolina
Custis v. Snead 53 Va. 260 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lafferty v. Turley 35 Tenn. 157 1855 1 Tennessee
Rowland v. Rowland 34 Tenn. 543 1855 1 Tennessee
Kitchen v. Crawford 13 Tex. 516 1855 0 Texas