Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Trieber v. Blocher 10 Md. 14 1856 0 Maryland
Elcan's Adm'r v. Lancasterian School 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 53 1856 1 Virginia
Fenter v. Obaugh 17 Ark. 71 1856 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Babb v. Harrison 30 S.C. Eq. 111 1856 1 South Carolina
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Saunders' Ex'or 54 Va. 354 1856 1 Virginia
Cribbins v. Markwood 54 Va. 495 1856 1 Virginia
Bridges v. Nicholson 20 Ga. 90 1856 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Boring v. Rollins 20 Ga. 623 1856 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts
Johnson v. Brook 31 Miss. 17 1856 1 Mississippi
Jerry v. Townshend 9 Md. 145 1856 0 Maryland
Marsh v. Mississippi 30 Miss. 627 1856 1 Mississippi
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Hyatt v. Pugsley 23 Barb. 285 1856 1 New York
Grant v. Moseley 29 Ala. 302 1856 0 Recovery of damages Alabama
State v. Harvell 49 N.C. 55 1856 1 North Carolina
Boyd v. Doty 8 Ind. 370 1856 1 Indiana
Hair v. Avery 28 Ala. 267 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama