Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Goodrich 14 W. Va. 834 1878 1 West Virginia
Travis v. Willis 55 Miss. 557 1878 1 Mississippi
Dillon v. Dillon 60 Ga. 204 1878 1 Georgia
Odend'hal v. Devlin 48 Md. 439 1878 1 Maryland
Dickson v. Gamble 16 Fla. 687 1878 1 Florida
People ex rel. Morris v. Randall 73 N.Y. 416 1878 1 New York
Holcombe v. Holcombe 29 N.J. Eq. 597 1878 1 New Jersey
J. M. Brunswick & Balke Co. v. Valleau 50 Iowa 120 1878 1 Iowa
Sewell v. Holland 61 Ga. 608 1878 1 Georgia
McNamee v. Minke 49 Md. 122 1878 1 Maryland
Proctor v. Bigelow 38 Mich. 282 1878 1 Michigan
Ensworth v. Barton 67 Mo. 622 1878 1 Missouri
Pierce v. Pierce 38 Mich. 412 1878 1 Michigan
Giles v. Brown 60 Ga. 658 1878 1 Georgia
Helfrick v. Commonwealth 70 Va. 844 1878 1 Virginia
Stout v. LaFollette 64 Ind. 365 1878 1 Indiana
Maynard v. Bond 67 Mo. 315 1878 1 Missouri
Watkins v. Young 72 Va. 84 1878 1 Virginia
Jones v. Parker 60 Ga. 500 1878 1 Georgia
Lemon v. Fox 21 Kan. 152 1878 1 Kansas