Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Higman v. Stewart 38 Mich. 513 1878 1 Michigan
Hyman, Moses & Co. v. Smith 13 W. Va. 744 1878 1 West Virginia
Berlin v. Melhorn 75 Va. 639 1881 1 Virginia
Holden v. Boggess 20 W. Va. 62 1882 1 West Virginia
Blair v. Core 20 W. Va. 265 1882 1 West Virginia
Todd v. Gallego Mills Manufacturing Co. 84 Va. 586 1888 1 Virginia
Carr v. Carr 88 Va. 735 1892 1 Virginia
Wright v. Bruschke 62 Ill. App. 358 1896 1 Illinois
Hurt v. Miller 95 Va. 32 1897 1 Virginia
Hulsewede v. Churchman's Extx. 111 Ky. 51 1901 1 Kentucky
Thomas v. Thomas 105 W. Va. 563 1928 1 West Virginia
State v. Ellis 22 So. 2d 181 1945 1 Louisiana
Estate of Acuff v. O'Linger 56 S.W.3d 527 2001 1 Tennessee
Merchants National Bank of Point Pleasant v. Ralphsnyder 113 W. Va. 480 1933 1 West Virginia
Dixon v. Myers & Co. 48 Va. 240 1851 1 Virginia
Trigg Co. v. Bucyrus Co. 104 Va. 79 1905 1 Virginia
French v. Currier 47 N.H. 88 1866 1 New Hampshire
Sage v. Hammonds 68 Va. 651 1876 1 Virginia
State ex rel. Piles v. Richardson 29 Mo. App. 595 1888 1 Missouri
McKay v. McKay's 33 W. Va. 724 1890 1 West Virginia