Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Houser v. Ruffner 18 W. Va. 244 1881 1 West Virginia
Ruby v. State ex rel. Vernay 55 Md. 484 1881 1 Maryland
Scovel v. Roosevelt 5 Redf. 121 1881 1 New York
Blakeley v. Blakeley 33 N.J. Eq. 502 1881 1 New Jersey
Anderson v. Cary 36 Ohio St. 506 1881 1 Ohio
Kendall v. Grice 12 D.C. 279 1881 1 District of Columbia
Ruchizky v. De Haven 97 Pa. 202 1881 1 Pennsylvania
Wilson v. McCarty 55 Md. 277 1881 1 Maryland
Reed v. Stouffer 56 Md. 236 1881 1 Maryland
Gustav Adolph Building Ass'n v. Kratz 55 Md. 394 1881 1 Maryland
Gable v. Scott 56 Md. 176 1881 1 Maryland
State v. Kotovsky 74 Mo. 247 1881 1 Missouri
State v. Ellis 74 Mo. 207 1881 1 Missouri
Ross v. Ross 47 Mich. 185 1881 1 Michigan
Merrill v. Rolston 5 Redf. 220 1881 1 New York
Woodwine v. Woodrum 19 W. Va. 67 1881 1 West Virginia
Thornburg v. Thornburg 18 W. Va. 522 1881 1 West Virginia
Somerville v. Grim 17 W. Va. 803 1881 1 West Virginia
Willard v. Dow 54 Vt. 188 1881 1 Vermont
Dryden v. Stephens 19 W. Va. 1 1881 1 West Virginia