Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wheeler v. Smith 50 U.S. 55 1850 1 United States
Seaburn's Ex'or v. Seaburn 56 Va. 423 1859 1 Virginia
Williams v. Pearson 38 Ala. 299 1862 1 Alabama
Kinnaird v. Miller's Ex'or 66 Va. 107 1874 1 Virginia
Page v. Rives 18 F. Cas. 990 1877 1 United States
Carskadon v. Torreyson 17 W. Va. 43 1880 1 West Virginia
Stonestreet v. Doyle 75 Va. 356 1881 1 Virginia
Maurer v. Marshall 16 Pa. 377 1851 1 Pennsylvania
Hilton v. Gordon 177 N.C. 342 1919 1 North Carolina
Tilden v. Green 130 N.Y. 29 1891 1 New York
Haynes v. Carr 70 N.H. 463 1900 1 New Hampshire
Deepwater Railway Co. v. Honaker 66 W. Va. 136 1909 1 West Virginia
Pierce v. Hakes 23 Pa. 231 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Gernet v. Lynn 31 Pa. 94 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Potts's Appeal 30 Pa. 168 1858 1 Pennsylvania
Bourgeois v. Ducos 182 So. 2d 539 1966 1 Louisiana
Blow v. Vaughan 105 N.C. 198 1890 1 North Carolina
Barbee v. Wimer 27 Mo. 140 1858 1 Missouri
Hall v. Webb 21 W. Va. 318 1883 1 West Virginia
Carrington v. Anderson 19 Va. 32 1816 1 Virginia