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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Elliott v. Pool 56 N.C. 17 1856 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Crabtree v. McDaniel 17 Ark. 222 1856 0 Adverse posession of enslaved person Arkansas
Daniel v. Leitch 54 Va. 195 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Northern Railway Co. of France v. Carpentier 4 Abb. Pr. 47 1856 1 New York
Tracy v. Talmage 14 N.Y. 162 1856 0 New York
Rosson v. Hancock 35 Tenn. 434 1856 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. Yarbrough 54 Va. 183 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Hunter v. Davis 19 Ga. 413 1856 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee
Pryor v. Ryburn 16 Ark. 671 1856 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Willingham v. Bentley 20 Ga. 783 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Alderson 36 Tenn. 252 1856 0 Tennessee
Tune v. Cooper 36 Tenn. 296 1856 0 Tennessee
Hepburn v. Dundas 54 Va. 219 1856 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Pope v. Toombs 20 Ga. 762 1856 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Lowe v. Carter 55 N.C. 377 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina