Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith & Atkinson v. Knight 14 W. Va. 749 1879 1 West Virginia
B. & O. R. R. v. Bitner 15 W. Va. 455 1879 1 West Virginia
Adkins v. Columbia Life Insurance Co. 70 Mo. 27 1879 1 Missouri
Dodge v. Williams 46 Wis. 70 1879 1 Wisconsin
Porcheler v. Bronson 50 Tex. 555 1879 1 Texas
City of Portsmouth v. Norfolk County 72 Va. 727 1879 1 Virginia
Jones v. Edwards 78 Ky. 6 1879 1 Kentucky
South Carolina v. Gaillard 101 U.S. 433 1879 1 United States
Welsh v. Frye 10 Ky. Op. 280 1879 1 Kentucky
Beckett v. Dean 57 Miss. 232 1879 1 Mississippi
Ragsdale v. Gossett 70 Tenn. 729 1879 1 Tennessee
Ryan's Adm'r v. McLeod 73 Va. 367 1879 1 Virginia
Danville Bank v. Waddill's Adm'r 72 Va. 469 1879 1 Virginia
Radford v. Carwile 13 W. Va. 572 1879 1 West Virginia
Kountz v. Davis 34 Ark. 590 1879 1 Arkansas
Yeaton v. Yeaton 4 Ill. App. 579 1879 1 Illinois
Hardin v. Eames 5 Ill. App. 153 1880 1 Illinois
Cox v. Crumley 73 Tenn. 529 1880 1 Tennessee
Knowlton v. Hawes 10 Neb. 534 1880 1 Nebraska
Thweat v. Stamps 67 Ala. 96 1880 1 Alabama