Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wyatt's Adm'r v. Steele 26 Ala. 639 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Robertson v. Wallis 10 La. Ann. 214 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Rowan v. Hutchisson 27 Ala. 328 1855 0 Challenged Ownership of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Powell v. State 27 Ala. 51 1855 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Thornton v. West Feliciana Railroad 29 Miss. 143 1855 1 Mississippi
Floyd v. Morrow 26 Ala. 353 1855 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Cockrell v. Gurley 26 Ala. 405 1855 0 Action to Protect Title of Remainder in Enslaved Persons Alabama
Dearing v. Moore 26 Ala. 586 1855 0 Recovery for Assault and Battery on an Enslaved Person Alabama
Gourdain v. Baylies 10 La. Ann. 691 1855 0 Sales, simulation Louisiana
Graves v. Graves 10 La. Ann. 212 1855 0 Wills, successions, donations Louisiana
Traun v. Wittick 27 Ala. 570 1855 0 Detinue for eight enslaved persons Alabama
Gentile v. Plasencia 10 La. Ann. 203 1855 0 Wills, emancipation, nullity Louisiana
State v. Prats 10 La. Ann. 785 1855 0 Statutes, criminal law, liquor license Louisiana
McVay's Adm'r v. Ijams 27 Ala. 238 1855 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Underwood v. Lacapere 10 La. Ann. 766 1855 0 Default judgments, warranty Louisiana
Bonnafon v. Wiltz 10 La. Ann. 657 1855 0 Successions, sales, tutorship Louisiana
Union Bank v. Succession of Wilson 10 La. Ann. 601 1855 0 Mortgages, loans, creditor's rights, property Louisiana
Henderson v. Trousdale 10 La. Ann. 548 1855 0 Marital property Louisiana
Fenner v. Kirkman 26 Ala. 650 1855 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Mobley v. Barnes 26 Ala. 718 1855 0 Trover Alabama