Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Miller v. Teachout 24 Ohio St. 525 1874 1 Ohio
Roy's Ex'ors v. Rowzie 66 Va. 599 1874 1 Virginia
Fosselman v. Elder 98 Pa. 159 1881 1 Pennsylvania
German Land Ass'n v. Scholler 10 Minn. 331 1865 1 Minnesota
Jacobs v. State 396 So. 2d 1113 1981 1 Florida
Fontenot v. Succession of Garland 352 So. 2d 251 1977 1 Louisiana
Cromie's heirs v. Louisville Orphans' Home Society 66 Ky. 365 1867 1 Kentucky
Bible Society v. Pendleton 7 W. Va. 79 1873 1 West Virginia
Kimmel v. Wagner 1 Walk. 191 1874 1 Pennsylvania
Adye v. Smith 44 Conn. 60 1876 1 Connecticut
Moyer v. Lyon 38 Mo. App. 635 1890 1 Missouri
Anderson v. Perkins 52 Mo. App. 527 1893 1 Missouri
L. H. Rumsey Manufacturing Co. v. Baker 35 Mo. App. 217 1889 1 Missouri
Rouggley v. Teichmann 10 Mo. App. 257 1881 1 Missouri
LeBourgeoise v. McNamara 10 Mo. App. 116 1881 1 Missouri
Roberts v. Norcross 69 N.H. 533 1898 1 New Hampshire
Smith v. Taylor 82 Cal. 533 1890 1 California
Sowers v. Cyrenius 39 Ohio St. 29 1883 1 Ohio
State v. Mountain Spring Co. 56 Wash. 176 1909 1 Washington
Woodgate v. Fleet 64 N.Y. 566 1876 1 New York