Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Stalls v. State 28 Ala. 25 1856 1 Alabama
Davis v. Carroll 11 La. Ann. 705 1856 1 Louisiana
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Willingham v. Bentley 20 Ga. 783 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Tracy v. Talmage 14 N.Y. 162 1856 0 New York
Cornish v. Dews 18 Ark. 172 1856 0 Deed dispute/creditor dispute Arkansas
Price v. Notrebe's Heir 17 Ark. 45 1856 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee
Tappan v. Tappan 6 Ohio St. 64 1856 1 Ohio
Bailey v. Wiggins 6 Del. 299 1856 1 Delaware
Grumbles v. Grumbles 17 Tex. 472 1856 0 Plea of limitation Texas
Dew v. Cunningham 28 Ala. 466 1856 1 Alabama
Raney v. Heath 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 206 1856 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Sadler v. Anderson 17 Tex. 245 1856 0 Levy on slaves Texas
Marlow v. King 17 Tex. 177 1856 0 Property dispute Texas
Corley v. State 28 Ala. 22 1856 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Lambert v. King 12 La. Ann. 662 1856 0 Contracts, mistreatment of enslaved persons Louisiana
Wallace v. Burden 17 Tex. 467 1856 0 Estate dispute Texas
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 593 1856 0 Murder trial of enslaved men for the murder of their master Mississippi
Baker v. Johnson 16 Tex. 133 1856 0 Contract dispute Texas