Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Stearns v. Beckam 72 Va. 379 1879 1 Virginia
Beckett v. Dean 57 Miss. 232 1879 1 Mississippi
Carlisle v. Brennan 67 Ind. 12 1879 1 Indiana
Markells v. Markells 73 Va. 544 1879 1 Virginia
Kountz v. Davis 34 Ark. 590 1879 1 Arkansas
Oliver v. Vance 34 Ark. 564 1879 1 Arkansas
Welsh v. Frye 10 Ky. Op. 280 1879 1 Kentucky
Frost v. Wilson 70 Mo. 664 1879 1 Missouri
Foulke v. Bond 41 N.J.L. 527 1879 1 New Jersey
Grangers’ Life Insurance v. Brown 57 Miss. 308 1879 1 Mississippi
McNair v. Stanton 57 Miss. 298 1879 1 Mississippi
Sledge v. Boone 57 Miss. 222 1879 1 Mississippi
Cocks v. Simmons 57 Miss. 183 1879 1 Mississippi
Purdie v. Jones 73 Va. 827 1879 1 Virginia
Trustees for the Support of Public Schools v. Inhabitants of Trenton 30 N.J. Eq. 667 1879 1 New Jersey
Maurice v. Worden 52 Md. 283 1879 1 Maryland
Commonwealth v. Holmes 127 Mass. 424 1879 1 Massachusetts
Savings Bank v. Creswell 100 U.S. 630 1879 1 United States
Mitchell v. Lytle 1 White & W. 385 1879 1 Texas
Kellogg v. Keith 4 Ill. App. 386 1879 1 Illinois