Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pemberton v. Pemberton 22 Mo. 338 1856 1 Missouri
Ashley's Adm'r v. Robinson 29 Ala. 112 1856 0 Will & trust Alabama
State ex rel. Public Treasurer v. Petway 55 N.C. 396 1856 1 North Carolina
Bean v. Bean 33 N.H. 279 1856 1 New Hampshire
Forsyth v. Day 41 Me. 382 1856 1 Maine
Wyngert v. Norton 4 Mich. 286 1856 1 Michigan
Shelton v. Marshall 16 Tex. 344 1856 1 Note of sale dispute Texas
Stalls v. State 28 Ala. 25 1856 1 Alabama
Bates v. Ruddick 2 Iowa 423 1856 1 Iowa
State v. Sprague 4 R.I. 257 1856 1 Rhode Island
Franklin’s Adm’r v. Depriest 54 Va. 257 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Cox v. Cox 36 Tenn. 81 1856 1 Tennessee
Lowe v. Carter 55 N.C. 377 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Bailey v. Wiggins 6 Del. 299 1856 1 Delaware
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Terry v. Wooding 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 178 1856 1 Virginia
Haughton v. Benbury 55 N.C. 337 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Johnson v. Johnson’s Administrator 23 Mo. 561 1856 1 Missouri
Washington Mutual Insurance v. Merchants & Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance 5 Ohio St. 450 1856 1 Ohio
Lawrence v. Senter 36 Tenn. 52 1856 1 Tennessee