Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Finn v. Finn 62 How. Pr. 83 1878 1 New York
Hunter v. Bosworth 43 Wis. 583 1878 1 Wisconsin
Johns v. Northcutt 49 Tex. 444 1878 1 Texas
March v. Huyter 50 Tex. 243 1878 1 Texas
Gibbens v. Ritter 1 Va. Dec. 106 1878 1 Virginia
Kesner v. Trigg 98 U.S. 50 1878 1 United States
Woolridge v. Page 69 Tenn. 135 1878 1 Tennessee
Hitchins v. Pettingill 58 N.H. 386 1878 1 New Hampshire
Commonwealth v. Bull 76 Ky. 656 1878 1 Kentucky
Rader v. Neal 13 W. Va. 373 1878 1 West Virginia
Betts v. Betts 4 Abb. N. Cas. 317 1878 1 New York
State v. Caveness 78 N.C. 484 1878 1 North Carolina
Miller v. Rogers 49 Tex. 398 1878 1 Texas
Schmeltz v. Garey 49 Tex. 49 1878 1 Texas
Lowenback v. Switzer 1 Va. Dec. 141 1878 1 Virginia
State v. Thomas 13 W. Va. 848 1878 1 West Virginia
Eagle & Phenix Man'f'g Co. v. West 61 Ga. 120 1878 1 Georgia
Tracewell v. Boggs 14 W. Va. 254 1878 1 West Virginia
New Orleans, M. & C. R. v. City of New Orleans 14 F. 373 1878 1 United States
Rivers v. Thomas 69 Tenn. 649 1878 1 Tennessee