Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Lanier 47 N.C. 307 1855 1 North Carolina
Patterson v. Edwards 29 Miss. 67 1855 1 Mississippi
Zuntz v. Cornen 10 La. Ann. 433 1855 0 Mortgages, seizure, property, marital property Louisiana
Michel v. Beale 10 La. Ann. 352 1855 0 Successions, wills, sales, emancipation Louisiana
Bloodgood v. Wilson 10 La. Ann. 302 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, life insurance Louisiana
Cochran v. Walker 10 La. Ann. 431 1855 0 Sales, privileges, property Louisiana
Graves v. Graves 10 La. Ann. 212 1855 0 Wills, successions, donations Louisiana
State v. Gardner 10 La. Ann. 25 1855 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, federal rules of civil procedure Louisiana
Gentile v. Plasencia 10 La. Ann. 203 1855 0 Wills, emancipation, nullity Louisiana
Hedrick v. Banister 10 La. Ann. 208 1855 0 Sales, promissory notes, wills Louisiana
Holmes v. Old Colony Railroad 71 Mass. 58 1855 1 Massachusetts
Brothers v. Cartwright 55 N.C. 113 1855 1 North Carolina
Severance v. Hilton 32 N.H. 289 1855 1 New Hampshire
Doe on dem. McLeod v. McCall 48 N.C. 87 1855 1 North Carolina
Thornton v. West Feliciana Railroad 29 Miss. 143 1855 1 Mississippi
Olendorf v. Swartz 5 Cal. 480 1855 1 California
Stewart v. State 26 Ala. 44 1855 1 Alabama
Shaw v. Reneau 10 La. Ann. 190 1855 0 Wills, marital property, estates, successions Louisiana
White v. Hill 10 La. Ann. 189 1855 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Tyus v. De Jarnette 26 Ala. 280 1855 1 Alabama