Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Fiser v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad 32 Miss. 359 1856 1 Mississippi
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina
Franklin v. State 29 Ala. 14 1856 1 Alabama
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
Mills v. Thursby 2 Abb. Pr. 432 1856 1 New York
Mills v. Thursby 12 How. Pr. 385 1856 1 New York
Mesick v. Sunderland 6 Cal. 297 1856 1 California
Davis v. Carroll 11 La. Ann. 705 1856 1 Louisiana
Bailey v. Wiggins 6 Del. 299 1856 1 Delaware
Burroughs v. United States 4 F. Cas. 836 1856 1 United States
Washington Mutual Insurance v. Merchants & Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance 5 Ohio St. 450 1856 1 Ohio
Tappan v. Tappan 6 Ohio St. 64 1856 1 Ohio
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Riggs v. State 30 Miss. 635 1856 1 Mississippi
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Johnson’s Administrator 23 Mo. 561 1856 1 Missouri
Rankin v. Harper 23 Mo. 579 1856 1 Missouri