Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Overby v. Fayetteville Building & Loan Ass'n 81 N.C. 56 1879 1 North Carolina
Jewett v. Dringer 31 N.J. Eq. 586 1879 1 New Jersey
Osgood v. State 63 Ga. 791 1879 1 Georgia
Flanegan v. State 64 Ga. 52 1879 1 Georgia
Morton v. Sims 64 Ga. 298 1879 1 Georgia
Cook v. Parham & Blunt 63 Ala. 456 1879 1 Alabama
Coles v. Allen, Freer & Illges 64 Ala. 98 1879 1 Alabama
Whelan v. McCreary 64 Ala. 319 1879 1 Alabama
Cox v. Weems 64 Ga. 165 1879 1 Georgia
Hooser’s Adm’r v. Hooser 10 Ky. Op. 229 1879 1 Kentucky
City of Bowling Green v. Harmon 10 Ky. Op. 290 1879 1 Kentucky
State v. Elder 65 Ind. 282 1879 1 Indiana
Grant v. Cropsey 8 Neb. 205 1879 1 Nebraska
Pearson v. City of Portland 69 Me. 278 1879 1 Maine
Bales v. State 63 Ala. 30 1879 1 Alabama
Gale v. Rector 5 Ill. App. 481 1879 1 Illinois
Richards & Brother v. Myers & Marcus 63 Ga. 762 1879 1 Georgia
York v. Merritt 80 N.C. 285 1879 1 North Carolina
Byrd v. Turpin 62 Ga. 591 1879 1 Georgia
Wragg v. Penn Township 94 Ill. 11 1879 1 Illinois