Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Worrill v. Wright 25 Ga. 657 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Towles v. Towles 38 Tenn. 601 1858 0 Tennessee
Fry v. Taylor 38 Tenn. 594 1858 0 Tennessee
South-Western Railroad v. Paulk 24 Ga. 356 1858 0 Georgia
Rogers v. People 3 Park. Crim. Rep. 632 1858 1 New York
Stout v. People 4 Park. Crim. Rep. 71 1858 1 New York
Emmons v. Overton 57 Ky. 643 1858 1 Kentucky
City of Louisville v. Zanone 58 Ky. 151 1858 1 Kentucky
Henderson v. McVay 32 Ala. 471 1858 0 Property dispute Alabama
Polk v. Fancher 38 Tenn. 336 1858 0 Tennessee
Hobbs v. Ballard 37 Tenn. 395 1858 0 Tennessee
Gassaway v. Hopkins 38 Tenn. 583 1858 0 Tennessee
Sheriff v. Negroes Charles 12 Md. 280 1858 0 0 Maryland
East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad v. John 37 Tenn. 524 1858 0 Tennessee
Ikelheimer v. Chapman's Adm'rs 32 Ala. 676 1858 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Gunn v. Samuel's Adm'r 33 Ala. 201 1858 0 Creditor dispute Alabama
Parker v. Thompson 37 Tenn. 349 1858 0 Tennessee
Reid v. Butt 25 Ga. 28 1858 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Carroll v. Carroll 25 Ga. 260 1858 0 Wife Restrains husband from selling certain slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Little v. Fitts 33 Ala. 343 1858 0 Trial to establish right of property Alabama