Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Trask v. State Fire & Marine Insurance 29 Pa. 198 1857 1 Pennsylvania
People ex rel. Olmstead v. Olmstead 27 Barb. 9 1857 1 New York
Doe ex dem. Averit v. Roe 23 Ga. 382 1857 1 Georgia
Paul v. Hadley 23 Barb. 521 1857 1 New York
Rives v. Montgomery South Plank-Road Co. 30 Ala. 92 1857 1 Alabama
Newsom v. Davis 20 Tex. 419 1857 1 Texas
Truman v. Taylor 4 Iowa 424 1857 1 Iowa
Miller v. Goodwin 74 Mass. 542 1857 1 Massachusetts
Town of Burlington v. New Haven & Northampton Co. 26 Conn. 51 1857 1 Connecticut
Wood, Bacon & Co. v. Kelso 27 Pa. 241 1857 1 Pennsylvania
McDonald v. Cousins 23 Ga. 227 1857 1 Georgia
Liles v. State 30 Ala. 24 1857 1 Alabama
Mills v. Mills 26 Conn. 213 1857 1 Connecticut
West Feliciana Railroad v. Thornton 12 La. Ann. 736 1857 1 Louisiana
Martin v. Branch Bank at Decatur 31 Ala. 115 1857 1 Alabama
Stein v. Burden 30 Ala. 270 1857 1 Alabama
Executors of Andrews v. His Administrators 7 Ohio St. 143 1857 1 Ohio
Stanley v. Suggs 23 Ga. 137 1857 1 Georgia
Feeny v. Daly 8 Cal. 84 1857 1 California
Gamble v. Dabney 20 Tex. 69 1857 1 Will & trust Texas