Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Weaver v. Alter 29 F. Cas. 486 1878 1 United States
Johnson v. Badges Mill & Mining Co. 13 Nev. 351 1878 1 Nevada
Territory of Montana v. Owings 3 Mont. 137 1878 1 Montana
Wheatley & Co. v. West 61 Ga. 401 1878 1 Georgia
Deering v. Metcalf 74 N.Y. 501 1878 1 New York
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Goldberg 2 Ill. App. 228 1878 1 Illinois
McGinnis v. Curry 13 W. Va. 31 1878 1 West Virginia
Stark v. Alford & Veal 49 Tex. 260 1878 1 Texas
Corner v. Mackintosh 48 Md. 374 1878 1 Maryland
Mixon v. State 55 Miss. 525 1878 1 Mississippi
Town of Dover v. Wheeler 51 Vt. 160 1878 1 Vermont
Wilson v. Prewett 30 F. Cas. 156 1878 1 United States
Hunt v. Hunt 72 N.Y. 217 1878 1 New York
Slaughter v. Glenn 98 U.S. 242 1878 1 United States
Hays’ Administratrix v. McNealy 16 Fla. 409 1878 1 Florida
Wells v. Chaffin 60 Ga. 677 1878 1 Georgia
Willover v. Hill 72 N.Y. 36 1878 1 New York
Snider v. Robertson 9 S.C. 213 1878 1 South Carolina
DeSaussure v. Lyons 9 S.C. 492 1878 1 South Carolina
Harris v. Gaines 70 Tenn. 12 1878 1 Tennessee