Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Estate of Seitz 6 Mo. App. 250 1878 1 Missouri
Gunn v. Wades 62 Ga. 20 1878 1 Georgia
Jones v. Jones 49 Tex. 683 1878 1 Texas
Rippetoe v. Dwyer 49 Tex. 498 1878 1 Texas
Wesley C. Cook v. Brown 125 Mass. 503 1878 1 Massachusetts
Morgan v. Bogue 7 Neb. 429 1878 1 Nebraska
Sampson v. Wyett 49 Tex. 627 1878 1 Texas
Clough v. State 7 Neb. 320 1878 1 Nebraska
Edmundson v. Silliman 50 Tex. 106 1878 1 Texas
Williamson v. New Jersey Southern Railroad 29 N.J. Eq. 311 1878 1 New Jersey
Hemphill v. Moody 62 Ala. 510 1878 1 Alabama
Townsend v. Ratcliff 50 Tex. 148 1878 1 Texas
Bosman v. Akeley 39 Mich. 710 1878 1 Michigan
Wright v. Doherty 50 Tex. 34 1878 1 Texas
Fifield v. Edwards 39 Mich. 264 1878 1 Michigan
Four Packages v. United States 97 U.S. 404 1878 1 United States
Gans v. Williams 62 Ala. 41 1878 1 Alabama
Roosevelt v. Davis 49 Tex. 463 1878 1 Texas
Hearne v. Garrett 49 Tex. 619 1878 1 Texas
Hunter v. State of New Jersey 40 N.J.L. 495 1878 1 New Jersey