Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Scott v. Porter Bros. 93 Pa. 38 1880 1 Pennsylvania
Schriver v. Meyer 19 Pa. 87 1852 1 Pennsylvania
Steele v. Thompson 14 Serg. & Rawle 84 1826 1 Pennsylvania
Helme v. Philadelphia Life Insurance 61 Pa. 107 1869 1 Pennsylvania
Fessenden's Estate 170 Pa. 631 1895 1 Pennsylvania
Soper v. Guernsey 71 Pa. 219 1872 1 Pennsylvania
Smith v. Commonwealth ex rel. McGarvy 59 Pa. 320 1868 1 Pennsylvania
Cummings's Estate 153 Pa. 397 1893 1 Pennsylvania
Dillinger's Appeal 35 Pa. 357 1860 1 Pennsylvania
Wolverton's Election Case 1 Walk. 48 1883 1 Pennsylvania
McConomy's Estate 170 Pa. 140 1895 1 Pennsylvania
Wolford v. Morgenthal 91 Pa. 30 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Wood's Estate 209 Pa. 16 1904 1 Pennsylvania
Carson v. Fuhs 131 Pa. 256 1890 1 Pennsylvania
Covington Twp. Overseers v. Sayre 4 Walk. 128 1884 1 Pennsylvania
Danville State Hospital for the Insane v. Bellefonte Borough Overseers of the Poor 163 Pa. 175 1894 1 Pennsylvania
Great Bend Township Poor District v. Auburn & Rush Poor Asylum 167 Pa. 254 1895 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Nailor 29 Pa. Super. 275 1905 1 Pennsylvania
Alexander v. Zerbe Township Poor District 63 Pa. Super. 356 1916 1 Pennsylvania
Patterson v. Dushane 137 Pa. 23 1890 1 Pennsylvania