Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ratliffe v. Collins 35 Miss. 581 1858 0 Wife's liability for husband's debts Mississippi
Prewett v. Land 36 Miss. 495 1858 0 Power of wife to charge trust estate Mississippi
L. M. Wiley & Co. v. Gray 36 Miss. 510 1858 0 Post nuptial settlement between husband and wife Mississippi
Fears v. Sykes 35 Miss. 633 1858 0 Adverse possession of slave Mississippi
Wells v. Wells 35 Miss. 638 1858 0 Revocation of will by deed, when contract between husband and wife Mississippi
Smith v. Williams 36 Miss. 545 1858 0 Power of husband over wife's slaves Mississippi
Wyse v. Dandridge 35 Miss. 672 1858 0 Protection of bonafide purchaser Mississippi
Sorsby v. Vance 36 Miss. 564 1858 0 Construction of will Mississippi
Lewis v. Lusk 35 Miss. 696 1858 0 Validity of bequest of slaves to American Colonization Society for emancipation Mississippi
Coakley v. Daniel 57 N.C. 89 1858 1 North Carolina
Dixon v. Hill 5 Mich. 404 1858 1 Michigan
Laird v. Thomas 22 Tex. 276 1858 1 Texas
Kilpatrick v. Commonwealth 31 Pa. 198 1858 1 Pennsylvania
Planters' Bank of Tennessee v. Davis 31 Ala. 626 1858 1 Alabama
Ruggles v. Williams 38 Tenn. 141 1858 1 Tennessee
Low v. Henry 9 Cal. 538 1858 1 California
Levister v. Hilliard 57 N.C. 12 1858 1 North Carolina
Roy v. Bremond 22 Tex. 626 1858 1 Texas
McGehee v. Dwyer 22 Tex. 435 1858 1 Texas
Overton v. Williston 31 Pa. 155 1858 1 Pennsylvania