Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Commonwealth v. Jennings 121 Mass. 47 1876 1 Massachusetts
Chapel v. Bull 17 Mass. 213 1821 1 Massachusetts
Ames v. Union Railway Co. 117 Mass. 541 1875 1 Massachusetts
Jackson v. Roberts 80 Mass. 546 1860 1 Massachusetts
Collins v. Denison 53 Mass. 549 1847 1 Massachusetts
Murray v. Stevens 110 Mass. 95 1872 1 Massachusetts
Somes v. Skinner 16 Mass. 348 1820 1 Massachusetts
Smithwick v. Jordan 15 Mass. 113 1818 1 Massachusetts
Proprietors of St. Luke's Church v. Slack 61 Mass. 226 1851 1 Massachusetts
Hurley v. Hurley 148 Mass. 444 1889 1 Massachusetts
Barnes v. Boardman 152 Mass. 391 1890 1 Massachusetts
Smith v. Touro 14 Mass. 112 1817 1 Massachusetts
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Mixter 146 Mass. 100 1888 1 Massachusetts
Brackett v. Blake 48 Mass. 335 1844 1 Massachusetts
Hayward v. Cain 110 Mass. 273 1872 1 Massachusetts
Goff v. Hathaway 180 Mass. 497 1902 1 Massachusetts
Foster v. Hall 29 Mass. 89 1832 1 Massachusetts
Attorney General v. Pelletier 240 Mass. 264 1922 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Carney 152 Mass. 566 1891 1 Massachusetts
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts