Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Nichols v. Denny 37 Miss. 59 1859 1 Mississippi
Silliman v. Haas 151 Pa. 52 1892 1 Pennsylvania
Ferry v. Langley 12 D.C. 140 1881 1 District of Columbia
Senger v. Senger's Ex'or 81 Va. 687 1886 1 Virginia
Lockwood's Appeal from Probate 55 Conn. 157 1887 1 Connecticut
Auger v. Tatham 191 Ill. 296 1901 1 Illinois
Collins v. Feather 52 W. Va. 107 1902 1 West Virginia
Wheeler v. Hartshorn 40 Wis. 83 1876 1 Wisconsin
Carmichael v. Lathrop 108 Mich. 473 1896 1 Michigan
Brinson Railway Co. v. Beard 11 Ga. App. 737 1912 1 Georgia
Gilbertson v. Oliver 129 Iowa 568 1906 1 Iowa
Knode v. Baldridge 1 Ind. L. Rep. 216 1881 1 Indiana
Mooney v. Olsen 22 Kan. 69 1879 1 Kansas
Comptoir National D'Escompte de Paris v. Board of Assessors 52 La. Ann. 1319 1900 1 Louisiana
McInerney v. Meszaros 273 Mich. 189 1935 1 Michigan
Mason v. Bank of Commerce 16 Mo. App. 275 1884 1 Missouri
Kroncke v. Madsen 56 Neb. 609 1898 1 Nebraska
In re the Probate of the Will of Hopkins 172 N.Y. 360 1902 1 New York
Strong v. Strauss 40 Ohio St. 87 1883 1 Ohio
Evans v. Lawson, Smith & Co. 64 Tex. 199 1885 1 Texas