Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patton v. Merchants' Bank of Charleston 12 W. Va. 587 1878 1 West Virginia
Johnson v. State 61 Ga. 305 1878 1 Georgia
Hawley v. Twyman 70 Va. 728 1878 1 Virginia
Wilson v. Macklin 7 Neb. 50 1878 1 Nebraska
Wright v. West 70 Tenn. 78 1878 1 Tennessee
Burging v. McDowell 71 Va. 236 1878 1 Virginia
In re Wills of Miller 70 Tenn. 54 1878 1 Tennessee
Gregory v. Gate 71 Va. 83 1878 1 Virginia
Hooley v. Gieve 9 Abb. N. Cas. 8 1878 1 New York
Burnett v. Nesmith 62 Ala. 261 1878 1 Alabama
Herring v. Skaggs 62 Ala. 180 1878 1 Alabama
McNeilly v. Cooksey 70 Tenn. 39 1878 1 Tennessee
Rexroad v. Wells 13 W. Va. 812 1878 1 West Virginia
King v. Burdett 12 W. Va. 688 1878 1 West Virginia
Patton v. Beecher 62 Ala. 579 1878 1 Alabama
Donley v. McKiernan 62 Ala. 34 1878 1 Alabama
Epstein v. Salorgne 6 Mo. App. 352 1878 1 Missouri
Mann v. Bryant 12 W. Va. 516 1878 1 West Virginia
State v. Swepson 79 N.C. 632 1878 1 North Carolina
New Orleans, M. & C. R. v. City of New Orleans 14 F. 373 1878 1 United States