Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Holmes v. Self 79 Ky. 297 1881 1 Kentucky
Day v. Day 84 N.C. 408 1881 1 North Carolina
Nashville Gas Light Co. v. Mayor of Nashville 76 Tenn. 406 1881 1 Tennessee
Lindley v. State 11 Tex. Ct. App. 283 1881 1 Texas
Kerr v. Brandon 84 N.C. 128 1881 1 North Carolina
Hoag v. Sayre 33 N.J. Eq. 552 1881 1 New Jersey
Whitworth v. Thompson 76 Tenn. 480 1881 1 Tennessee
Scott v. Battle 85 N.C. 184 1881 1 North Carolina
Von Roun v. Superior Court 58 Cal. 358 1881 1 California
Trafford v. Adams Express Co. 76 Tenn. 96 1881 1 Tennessee
McLean v. Patterson 84 N.C. 427 1881 1 North Carolina
Williamson's Adm'r v. Washington City, Virginia Midland & Great Southern Railroad 74 Va. 624 1881 1 Virginia
Amonett v. Montague 75 Mo. 43 1881 1 Missouri
Hughes v. Mason 84 N.C. 472 1881 1 North Carolina
Alleman v. Kight & Bro. 19 W. Va. 201 1881 1 West Virginia
Mauney v. Crowell 84 N.C. 314 1881 1 North Carolina
Gordon, Rankin & Co. v. Tweedy 71 Ala. 202 1881 1 Alabama
Nashville Life Ins. v. Mathews 76 Tenn. 499 1881 1 Tennessee
Davis v. Morriss' Ex'ors 76 Va. 21 1881 1 Virginia
McGonegal v. McGonegal 46 Mich. 66 1881 1 Michigan