Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ballard v. Peoples' Bank 61 Ga. 458 1878 1 Georgia
Higinbotham v. Stoddard 72 N.Y. 94 1878 1 New York
State ex rel. Allison v. Robinson 78 N.C. 222 1878 1 North Carolina
Gunn v. Wades 62 Ga. 20 1878 1 Georgia
Thompson, Lampkin & Co. v. Tillotson 56 Miss. 36 1878 1 Mississippi
Gourdin v. Shrewsbury 11 S.C. 1 1878 1 South Carolina
Morin v. Bailey 55 Miss. 570 1878 1 Mississippi
Wambole v. Foote 2 Dakota 1 1878 1 Dakota Territory
North v. Henneberry 44 Wis. 306 1878 1 Wisconsin
Burnett v. Nicholson 79 N.C. 548 1878 1 North Carolina
Kitchen v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co. 69 Mo. 224 1878 1 Missouri
Williams v. Thomas 78 N.C. 47 1878 1 North Carolina
Van Petten v. Richardson 68 Mo. 379 1878 1 Missouri
Heth v. Wilson 55 Miss. 587 1878 1 Mississippi
Rauh v. Ritchie 1 Ill. App. 188 1878 1 Illinois
Whitehead v. Nickelson 48 Tex. 517 1878 1 Texas
Poland v. Davenport 50 Tex. 276 1878 1 Texas
State v. Pickens 79 N.C. 652 1878 1 North Carolina
Hearne v. Garrett 49 Tex. 619 1878 1 Texas
Webb v. Liggett 6 Mo. App. 345 1878 1 Missouri