Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mahany v. Kephart 15 W. Va. 609 1879 1 West Virginia
Harrison's Ex'ors v. Payne 73 Va. 387 1879 1 Virginia
Mebane v. Mebane 80 N.C. 34 1879 1 North Carolina
Tilson v. Davis' Adm'r 73 Va. 92 1879 1 Virginia
O'Connor v. Harris 81 N.C. 279 1879 1 North Carolina
Whelan v. McCreary 64 Ala. 319 1879 1 Alabama
Mitchell v. Webb 70 Tenn. 150 1879 1 Tennessee
Stockard v. Granberry 71 Tenn. 668 1879 1 Tennessee
Sears v. Giddey 41 Mich. 590 1879 1 Michigan
Taylor v. French 70 Tenn. 257 1879 1 Tennessee
Trustees of the University of N. C. v. Gatling 81 N.C. 508 1879 1 North Carolina
Merritt v. Scott 81 N.C. 385 1879 1 North Carolina
Wisson v. Baird 1 White & W. 389 1879 1 Texas
Moore v. Douglass 14 W. Va. 708 1879 1 West Virginia
Jordan v. Imthurn 51 Tex. 276 1879 1 Texas
In re Knight 71 Tenn. 401 1879 1 Tennessee
Missionary Society v. Calvert's Am'r 73 Va. 357 1879 1 Virginia
Preston v. Heiskell's Trustee 73 Va. 48 1879 1 Virginia
State v. Matthews 80 N.C. 417 1879 1 North Carolina
Bank of North Carolina v. Dewey 2 F. Cas. 670 1879 1 United States