Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nolan v. Chambers 19 Ga. 503 1856 0 Trust and claim case Supreme Court of Georgia
Savage v. Jackson 19 Ga. 305 1856 0 False representation Supreme Court of Georgia
Matheson’s Heirs v. Hearin 29 Ala. 210 1856 0 Order for the sale of land/property Alabama
Shorter v. Urquhart 28 Ala. 360 1856 0 Trover Alabama
Travis v. Morrison 28 Ala. 494 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Miller v. Jones' Adm'r 29 Ala. 174 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Patton v. Hamner 28 Ala. 618 1856 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Fort v. Wilson 3 Iowa 153 1856 1 Iowa
Segond v. Garland 23 Mo. 547 1856 1 Missouri
Whitesides v. Cannon 23 Mo. 457 1856 1 Missouri
Forsyth v. Day 41 Me. 382 1856 1 Maine
McClure's Executors v. Gamble 27 Pa. 288 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Wyngert v. Norton 4 Mich. 286 1856 1 Michigan
Ashley's Adm'r v. Robinson 29 Ala. 112 1856 0 Will & trust Alabama
Shelton v. Marshall 16 Tex. 344 1856 1 Note of sale dispute Texas
Bean v. Bean 33 N.H. 279 1856 1 New Hampshire
Stillman v. The Buckeye State 23 F. Cas. 82 1856 1 United States
Denmead v. Bank of Baltimore 9 Md. 179 1856 1 Maryland
Bates v. Ruddick 2 Iowa 423 1856 1 Iowa
State ex rel. Public Treasurer v. Petway 55 N.C. 396 1856 1 North Carolina