Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thornton v. West Feliciana Railroad 29 Miss. 143 1855 1 Mississippi
Cook v. Thornhill 13 Tex. 293 1855 0 Recovery of slaves Texas
Gourdain v. Baylies 10 La. Ann. 691 1855 0 Sales, simulation Louisiana
State v. Prats 10 La. Ann. 785 1855 0 Statutes, criminal law, liquor license Louisiana
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
Kemp v. Hutchinson 10 La. Ann. 494 1855 0 Redhibition, reconventional demand, sales Louisiana
Stoppenhagen v. Verdelet 10 La. Ann. 263 1855 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Hardesty v. Wormley 10 La. Ann. 239 1855 0 Wills, emancipation Louisiana
Barry v. Kimball 10 La. Ann. 787 1855 0 Theft of enslaved person, torts Louisiana
Richard v. Ouviere 10 La. Ann. 723 1855 0 Mortgages, simulation, Trusts, successions Louisiana
Cormier v. Ryan 10 La. Ann. 688 1855 0 Marital property, sales Louisiana
Semere v. Semere 10 La. Ann. 704 1855 0 Sales, wills, simulated sale, emancipation Louisiana
Burns v. Hill 19 Ga. 22 1855 0 Fraud case Supreme Court of Georgia
Porter v. Ross 55 N.C. 196 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Civil Kentucky
William & Mary College v. Powell 53 Va. 372 1855 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Scull v. Vaugine 15 Ark. 695 1855 0 Will & trust Arkansas