Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Roddowig v. Steffen 120 Iowa 85 1903 1 Iowa
John King Co. v. L. & N. R. R. 131 Ky. 46 1908 1 Kentucky
Boone v. Boone 58 Miss. 820 1881 1 Mississippi
House v. Callicott 83 Miss. 506 1903 1 Mississippi
Crigler's Committee v. Alexander's Ex'or 74 Va. 674 1880 1 Virginia
Knight v. Watts's Adm'rs 26 W. Va. 175 1885 1 West Virginia
National Bank v. Van Derwerker 74 N.Y. 234 1878 1 New York
McMullen v. Eagan 21 W. Va. 233 1882 1 West Virginia
Martin v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 745 1830 1 Virginia
Epes' Case 46 Va. 676 1848 1 Virginia
Dilworth v. Commonwealth 53 Va. 689 1855 1 Virginia
State v. Burns 33 Mo. 483 1863 1 Missouri
Sherrill v. Hagan 92 N.C. 345 1885 1 North Carolina
Philips v. Commonwealth 60 Va. 485 1868 1 Virginia
People v. Wintermute 1 Dakota 63 1875 1 Dakota Territory
Keech v. State 15 Fla. 591 1876 1 Florida
State v. Strauder 11 W. Va. 745 1877 1 West Virginia
Poindexter v. Commonwealth 74 Va. 766 1880 1 Virginia
State v. Diskin 34 La. 919 1882 1 Louisiana
State v. Todd 146 Mo. 295 1898 1 Missouri