Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Trawick’s Adm’r 31 Ala. 253 1857 0 Trover Alabama
Boatner v. Yarborough 12 La. Ann. 249 1857 1 Louisiana
Alexander v. Kennedy 19 Tex. 488 1857 0 Will & trust Texas
Adams v. Dickson 23 Ga. 406 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Scott v. State 30 Ala. 503 1857 0 Indictment for homicide Alabama
Jones v. Blalock 31 Ala. 180 1857 0 Action of detinue between estates Alabama
Childers v. Childers 21 Ga. 377 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Burch v. Burch 23 Ga. 536 1857 0 Testament and Will Supreme Court of Georgia
Jordan v. State 22 Ga. 545 1857 0 Indictment for murdering a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Johnson 21 Ga. 386 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia
Ivey v. State 23 Ga. 576 1857 0 Indictment for Fornication Supreme Court of Georgia
Wynn v. Garland 19 Ark. 23 1857 0 License dispute Arkansas
Sanders v. Stokes 30 Ala. 432 1857 0 Trover Alabama
Taylor v. Kelly 31 Ala. 59 1857 0 Dispute over Contract Alabama
Mills v. Mills 26 Conn. 213 1857 1 Connecticut
Shearman's Adm'r v. Hicks 55 Va. 96 1857 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Delafield v. Parish 1 Redf. 1 1857 1 New York
Williamson v. Williamson 57 Ky. 329 1857 0 North Carolina
Nims v. Johnson 7 Cal. 110 1857 1 California
Truman v. Taylor 4 Iowa 424 1857 1 Iowa