Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Herod v. Bartley 15 Ill. 58 1853 1 Illinois
McGrath v. Hoopes 26 Miss. 496 1853 1 Mississippi
Burns v. Taylor 23 Ala. 255 1853 1 Alabama
Allen v. Keith 26 Miss. 232 1853 1 Mississippi
Peters v. Grubb 21 Pa. 455 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Bush v. Stamps 26 Miss. 463 1853 1 Mississippi
Williamson's Administrators v. Hall 1 Ohio St. 190 1853 1 Ohio
McKelvy v. De Wolfe 20 Pa. 374 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Jones v. Obenchain 51 Va. 259 1853 1 Virginia
Boyce's Adm'r v. Smith 50 Va. 704 1853 1 Virginia
Merchants' Bank v. Spalding 9 N.Y. 53 1853 1 New York
Phelin v. Kenderdine 20 Pa. 354 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Bank of Washington v. Hupp 51 Va. 23 1853 1 Virginia
Creigh's Heirs v. Henson 51 Va. 231 1853 1 Virginia
Murphy v. Farmers' Bank 20 Pa. 415 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Doe on the Demise of Marshall v. Fisher 46 N.C. 111 1853 1 North Carolina
Eyre v. Potter 56 U.S. 42 1853 1 United States
Love v. Taylor 26 Miss. 567 1853 1 Mississippi
Mercier v. Canonge 8 La. Ann. 37 1853 1 Louisiana
Harriss v. Lee 46 N.C. 225 1853 1 North Carolina