Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hickson v. Bryan 1 Ga. L. Rep. 99 1885 1 Georgia
Ward v. State 19 Tex. Ct. App. 664 1885 1 Texas
Dawkins v. Dawkins 93 N.C. 283 1885 1 North Carolina
Buxly v. Buxton 92 N.C. 479 1885 1 North Carolina
Elliott v. Montell 12 Del. 194 1885 1 Delaware
Howell v. Wm. T. Dixon & Bro. 21 Fla. 413 1885 1 Florida
Milbourn v. David 12 Del. 209 1885 1 Delaware
American Wine Co. v. Scholer 85 Mo. 496 1885 1 Missouri
Sharon v. Sharon 67 Cal. 185 1885 1 California
People v. Richards 67 Cal. 412 1885 1 California
People v. Mayes 66 Cal. 597 1885 1 California
Smoot v. Strauss 21 Fla. 611 1885 1 Florida
Wells v. Seixas 24 F. 82 1885 1 United States
Randolph v. Randolph 40 N.J. Eq. 73 1885 1 New Jersey
Petty v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad 88 Mo. 306 1885 1 Missouri
Whittaker v. Collins 34 Minn. 299 1885 1 Minnesota
Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Bloomingdale 74 Ga. 604 1885 1 Georgia
In re the Estate of Gotzian 34 Minn. 159 1885 1 Minnesota
Knorr v. Raymond 73 Ga. 749 1885 1 Georgia
Healy v. O'Brien 66 Cal. 517 1885 1 California