Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Schneider v. Manning 121 Ill. 376 1887 1 Illinois
Close v. Benjamin 5 Sadler 510 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Butler v. Elyton Land Co. 84 Ala. 384 1887 1 Alabama
Farwell v. Crandall 120 Ill. 70 1887 1 Illinois
Silvey v. Lindsay 107 N.Y. 55 1887 1 New York
Murray v. Murray 84 Ala. 363 1887 1 Alabama
Weston v. Turner 3 Silv. Sup. 70 1887 1 New York
Gifford v. Corrigan 105 N.Y. 223 1887 1 New York
In re Hastings 6 Dem. Sur. 307 1887 1 New York
Phenix Insurance v. Fulton 80 Ga. 224 1887 1 Georgia
Woodland v. Newhalls' Adm'r 31 F. 434 1887 1 United States
Dushane v. Benedict 120 U.S. 630 1887 1 United States
Waller's Adm'r v. Catlett's Ex'ors 83 Va. 200 1887 1 Virginia
Covert v. Sebern 73 Iowa 564 1887 1 Iowa
Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. State 23 Fla. 579 1887 1 Florida
Shepard's Heirs v. Shepard's Estate 60 Vt. 109 1887 1 Vermont
Crawford v. Ryan 5 Sadler 212 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Hopkins v. Stockdale 117 Pa. 365 1887 1 Pennsylvania
People v. Aikin 66 Mich. 460 1887 1 Michigan
Archibald v. Jacobs 69 Tex. 248 1887 1 Texas