Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Ruff v. Smith 31 Miss. 59 1856 1 Mississippi
Fiser v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad 32 Miss. 359 1856 1 Mississippi
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Hamilton v. Moore 32 Miss. 625 1856 1 Mississippi
Botters v. Edrington 30 Miss. 580 1856 1 Mississippi
Martel v. Martel 17 Tex. 391 1856 1 Texas
Richards v. Patterson 30 Miss. 583 1856 1 Mississippi
Franklin v. State 29 Ala. 14 1856 1 Alabama
Ryan v. Dayton 25 Conn. 188 1856 1 Connecticut
Martin v. Nash 31 Miss. 324 1856 1 Mississippi
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
Stewart v. Richardson 32 Miss. 313 1856 1 Mississippi
Miller v. Leflore 32 Miss. 634 1856 1 Mississippi
Ballard v. Davis 31 Miss. 525 1856 1 Mississippi
Joslin v. Caughlin 32 Miss. 104 1856 0 Mississippi
Johnson v. Johnson’s Administrator 23 Mo. 561 1856 1 Missouri
Burroughs v. United States 4 F. Cas. 836 1856 1 United States
Wilson v. Watts 9 Md. 356 1856 1 Maryland
Bradshaw v. Mayfield 18 Tex. 21 1856 0 Texas