Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Board of Chosen Freeholders v. State Bank 30 N.J. Eq. 311 1878 1 New Jersey
State v. Strauss 49 Md. 288 1878 1 Maryland
Helfrick v. Commonwealth 70 Va. 844 1878 1 Virginia
Greenfield v. People 74 N.Y. 277 1878 1 New York
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. Green 68 Mo. 169 1878 1 Missouri
Pierce v. Pierce 38 Mich. 412 1878 1 Michigan
Watkins v. Young 72 Va. 84 1878 1 Virginia
Dyson v. Simmons 48 Md. 207 1878 1 Maryland
Johnson v. Ward 2 Ill. App. 261 1878 1 Illinois
Page v. Clopton 71 Va. 415 1878 1 Virginia
Davis v. Jackson 14 W. Va. 227 1878 1 West Virginia
Hassell v. Basket 11 F. Cas. 788 1878 1 United States
Price's Ex'or v. Harrison's Ex'or 72 Va. 114 1878 1 Virginia
August Bernheim & Co. v. Beer 56 Miss. 149 1878 1 Mississippi
J. M. Brunswick & Balke Co. v. Valleau 50 Iowa 120 1878 1 Iowa
Eckford v. Evans 56 Miss. 18 1878 1 Mississippi
State ex rel. Ranstead v. Banks 48 Md. 513 1878 1 Maryland
Odend'hal v. Devlin 48 Md. 439 1878 1 Maryland
Sager v. Tupper 38 Mich. 258 1878 1 Michigan
Travis v. Willis 55 Miss. 557 1878 1 Mississippi