Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
De Godey v. Godey 39 Cal. 157 1870 1 California
Divine v. Divine 58 Barb. 264 1870 1 New York
Parrott v. Parrott 48 Tenn. 681 1870 1 Tennessee
McClaskey v. Mayor of Albany 64 Barb. 310 1870 1 New York
Barrows v. Joseph F. Downs & Co. 9 R.I. 446 1870 1 Rhode Island
Southern Express Co. v. Womack 48 Tenn. 256 1870 1 Tennessee
Rives v. Lawrence 41 Ga. 283 1870 1 Georgia
McGehee v. Jones 41 Ga. 123 1870 1 Georgia
Anderson v. Tuck 33 Md. 225 1870 1 Maryland
Clopton v. Clopton 49 Tenn. 31 1870 1 Tennessee
Eichelberger v. Hawthorne 33 Md. 588 1870 1 Maryland
Billingslea v. Ward 33 Md. 48 1870 1 Maryland
City of St. Louis v. Boatmen's Insurance & Trust Co. 47 Mo. 150 1870 1 Missouri
Gardner v. Merritt 32 Md. 78 1870 1 Maryland
Fordyce v. Godman 20 Ohio St. 1 1870 1 Ohio
Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. Hoeske 32 Md. 317 1870 1 Maryland
Washington, Alexandria & Georgetown R. R. v. Alexandria & Washington R. R. 60 Va. 592 1870 1 Virginia
Womack v. Austin 1 S.C. 421 1870 1 South Carolina
Thomas v. Farmers' Bank 32 Md. 57 1870 1 Maryland
Woodworth v. Morris 56 Barb. 97 1870 1 New York