Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ragsdale v. Gossett 70 Tenn. 729 1879 1 Tennessee
Ryan's Adm'r v. McLeod 73 Va. 367 1879 1 Virginia
Danville Bank v. Waddill's Adm'r 72 Va. 469 1879 1 Virginia
Radford v. Carwile 13 W. Va. 572 1879 1 West Virginia
Kountz v. Davis 34 Ark. 590 1879 1 Arkansas
Yeaton v. Yeaton 4 Ill. App. 579 1879 1 Illinois
Burrus v. Gordon 57 Miss. 93 1879 1 Mississippi
Ruffin v. Harrison 81 N.C. 208 1879 1 North Carolina
Hines v. Potts 56 Miss. 346 1879 1 Mississippi
Murff v. Peterson 57 Miss. 146 1879 1 Mississippi
Knouf's Appeal 91 Pa. 78 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Morris v. Gleason 4 Ill. App. 395 1879 1 Illinois
Higdon v. Higdon 57 Miss. 264 1879 1 Mississippi
Robison v. Miller 57 Miss. 237 1879 1 Mississippi
Skinner v. Warren 81 N.C. 373 1879 1 North Carolina
Allen v. Life Ass'n of America 8 Mo. App. 52 1879 1 Missouri
Merrick v. Mayhue 40 Mich. 196 1879 1 Michigan
Dixon v. Dixon 81 N.C. 323 1879 1 North Carolina
John Chaffe & Sons v. Heyner 31 La. 594 1879 1 Louisiana
Coleman v. Semmes 56 Miss. 321 1879 1 Mississippi