Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 How separate estate of wife descends Mississippi
Young v. Young 56 N.C. 216 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wootten v. Wootten's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 494 1857 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Crimm's Adm'rs v. Crawford 29 Ala. 623 1857 0 Action by adminstrator for recovery of enslaved persons Alabama
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Allen v. Russell 19 Tex. 87 1857 0 Texas
Morgan v. Smith, Wykoff & Nicholl 29 Ala. 283 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Propst v. Roseman 49 N.C. 130 1856 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Fralick v. Presley 29 Ala. 457 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Hannah v. Carrington 18 Ark. 85 1856 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
State v. Bob 11 La. Ann. 192 1856 0 Confessions, criminal law Louisiana
Bradshaw v. Mayfield 18 Tex. 21 1856 0 Creditor dispute Texas
Bell v. Jones 10 Md. 322 1856 0 Maryland
Carter v. Streator 49 N.C. 62 1856 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Summers v. Bean 54 Va. 404 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hall v. Dickey 32 Miss. 208 1856 0 Validity of parol gift of enslaved woman Mississippi
West v. Sloan 56 N.C. 102 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Laycock v. Davidson 11 La. Ann. 328 1856 0 Promissory notes, extrinsic evidence, property, probate Louisiana
Anthony v. State 29 Ala. 27 1856 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for attempted murder Alabama
Corley v. State 28 Ala. 22 1856 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama