Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Maskall v. Maskall 35 Tenn. 208 1855 1 Tennessee
Fenner v. Kirkman 26 Ala. 650 1855 0 Alabama
Hamilton v. Seitz 25 Pa. 226 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Taliaferro v. Pryor 53 Va. 277 1855 1 Virginia
Fort v. Wilson 3 Iowa 153 1856 1 Iowa
State ex rel. Public Treasurer v. Petway 55 N.C. 396 1856 1 North Carolina
Denmead v. Bank of Baltimore 9 Md. 179 1856 1 Maryland
Shelton v. Marshall 16 Tex. 344 1856 1 Texas
Davis v. Commonwealth for Leon 54 Va. 139 1856 1 Virginia
Bean v. Bean 33 N.H. 279 1856 1 New Hampshire
Whitesides v. Cannon 23 Mo. 457 1856 1 Missouri
Segond v. Garland 23 Mo. 547 1856 1 Missouri
Walden v. Smith 29 Ala. 417 1856 0 Alabama
Hardy v. Boaz 29 Ala. 168 1856 1 Alabama
State v. Miller 24 Conn. 522 1856 1 Connecticut
Boyden v. Lancaster 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 198 1856 1 Virginia
Fox v. Sandford 36 Tenn. 36 1856 1 Tennessee
McClure's Executors v. Gamble 27 Pa. 288 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Brent v. Davis 9 Md. 217 1856 1 Maryland
Martin v. Jackson 27 Pa. 504 1856 1 Pennsylvania