Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Henry v. Mills 69 Tenn. 144 1878 1 Tennessee
Henderson v. Tipton 88 Tenn. 255 1889 1 Tennessee
Fitzsimmons v. Johnson 90 Tenn. 416 1891 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Goodlett 92 Tenn. 230 1893 1 Tennessee
Merriman v. Smith 599 S.W.2d 548 1979 1 Tennessee
Chatterton v. Young 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 768 1877 1 Tennessee
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Smithwick 112 Tenn. 463 1903 1 Tennessee
Sawtelle v. Astor 23 Tenn. App. 33 1938 1 Tennessee
Tilford v. Hayes 10 Tenn. 89 1822 1 Tennessee
In re Kip 1 Paige Ch. 602 1829 1 New York
State v. Eliason 91 N.C. 564 1884 1 North Carolina
People ex rel. Anonymous v. Anonymous 10 N.Y.2d 332 1961 1 New York
Stimmel v. Underwood 3 G. & J. 282 1831 1 Maryland
Williams v. McGehee 2 Fla. 58 1848 1 Florida
Burroughs v. United States 4 F. Cas. 836 1856 1 United States
Home Life Insurance v. Dunn 20 Ohio St. 175 1870 1 Ohio
Stanton v. Embrey 93 U.S. 548 1876 1 United States
Jackson ex dem. Putnam v. Bowen 1 Cai. 358 1803 1 New York
Ely v. Adams 19 Johns. 313 1822 1 New York
Payne v. Kershaw 16 S.C.L. 275 1824 1 South Carolina