Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Town of Tupelo v. Beard 56 Miss. 532 1879 1 Mississippi
Treasurer of the State v. Wygall 51 Tex. 621 1879 1 Texas
Fraser v. Jennison 42 Mich. 206 1879 1 Michigan
Vance v. Saathoff 2 Posey 658 1879 1 Texas
Ruffin v. Harrison 81 N.C. 208 1879 1 North Carolina
Parham v. Stith 56 Miss. 465 1879 1 Mississippi
Hamilton v. Brooks 51 Tex. 142 1879 1 Texas
Lyttle v. Harris 2 Posey 21 1879 1 Texas
Field v. State 57 Miss. 474 1879 1 Mississippi
Ortmann v. Merchants' Bank 41 Mich. 482 1879 1 Michigan
Illinois & St. Louis Railroad & Coal Co. v. Cobb 94 Ill. 55 1879 1 Illinois
B. & O. R. R. v. Bitner 15 W. Va. 455 1879 1 West Virginia
Flint & Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. Auditor General 41 Mich. 635 1879 1 Michigan
Lindsey v. Lindsey 62 Ga. 546 1879 1 Georgia
Flagg v. People 40 Mich. 706 1879 1 Michigan
Wentworth v. Wentworth 69 Me. 247 1879 1 Maine
Davis v. Toulmin 77 N.Y. 280 1879 1 New York
Sumwalt v. Sumwalt 52 Md. 338 1879 1 Maryland
H. Newmark & Co. v. Chapman 53 Cal. 557 1879 1 California
Wallace's Ex'rs v. Wallace 15 W. Va. 722 1879 1 West Virginia