Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Latham v. Latham 71 Va. 307 1878 1 Virginia
James v. James 58 N.H. 266 1878 1 New Hampshire
Thomas v. Higgins 47 Md. 439 1878 1 Maryland
Winkler v. Chesapeake & Ohio R.R. Co. 12 W. Va. 699 1878 1 West Virginia
Trimmier v. Thomson 10 S.C. 164 1878 1 South Carolina
Willover v. Hill 72 N.Y. 36 1878 1 New York
Owen v. McGehee 61 Ala. 440 1878 1 Alabama
Nulton v. Isaacs 71 Va. 726 1878 1 Virginia
Ulrich v. People 39 Mich. 245 1878 1 Michigan
Johnson v. Badges Mill & Mining Co. 13 Nev. 351 1878 1 Nevada
Brown v. Thompkins 49 Md. 423 1878 1 Maryland
Ewell v. Anderson 49 Tex. 697 1878 1 Texas
Cotton's Guardian v. Wolf 77 Ky. 238 1878 1 Kentucky
Grafton v. Cummings 99 U.S. 100 1878 1 United States
Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Dunham 49 Tex. 181 1878 1 Texas
Bond v. Dillard 50 Tex. 302 1878 1 Texas
Johnston v. Jarret 14 W. Va. 230 1878 1 West Virginia
De Camp v. Dobbins 29 N.J. Eq. 36 1878 1 New Jersey
Riggs v. Pursell 74 N.Y. 370 1878 1 New York
Gilchrist v. Gough 63 Ind. 576 1878 1 Indiana