Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lyon v. Howard 16 Ga. 481 1854 0 Equity Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Vanzant v. Morris 25 Ala. 285 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Lovette v. Longmire 14 Ark. 339 1854 0 Action to enjoin sale Arkansas
Methvin v. Methvin 15 Ga. 97 1854 0 Alimony and divorce, distribution of property Supreme Court of Georgia
Claycomb's Legatees v. Claycomb's Ex'or 51 Va. 589 1854 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Cockrell v. Warner 14 Ark. 345 1854 0 General property liability dispute Arkansas
Gentry v. Owen 14 Ark. 396 1854 0 Will & trust Arkansas
McCartney v. King 25 Ala. 681 1854 0 Enforce Vendor's Lien for Purhcase of Land Alabama
Starr v. State 25 Ala. 49 1854 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Bridges & Co. v. Phillips 25 Ala. 136 1854 0 Dispute over Gift of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Pond v. Wadsworth 24 Ala. 531 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Marchman v. Todd 15 Ga 15 1854 0 Recovery for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Dacy v. Gay 16 Ga. 203 1854 0 Action brought for harboring slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Hunter v. Lawrence's Adm'r 52 Va. 111 1854 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Dozier v. Lewis 27 Miss. 679 1854 0 Lien on enslaved persons Mississippi
Saffold v. Saffold 14 Ark. 408 1854 0 Decree pro confesso Arkansas
Stallings v. Finch 25 Ala. 518 1854 0 Conversion Alabama
State v. Justices of the Inferior Court 15 Ga. 408 1854 0 indictment for selling liquor to slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Butler v. Livingston 15 Ga. 565 1854 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Ferguson v. Baber's Adm'rs 24 Ala. 402 1854 0 Seziure of enslaved persons Alabama