Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Smiley v. Jones 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 312 1876 1 Tennessee
Turner v. Watkins 31 Ark. 429 1876 1 Arkansas
Blake v. Blake 53 Miss. 182 1876 1 Mississippi
Martin v. Dix 52 Miss. 53 1876 1 Mississippi
Dillard v. Ellington 57 Ga. 567 1876 1 Georgia
Miller v. Tharel 75 N.C. 148 1876 1 North Carolina
Rains v. Hays 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 669 1876 1 Tennessee
Neely v. Dunn 1 Shan. Cas. 544 1876 1 Tennessee
Evangelical Lutheran St. John’s Orphan Home v. Buffalo Hydraulic Ass'n 64 N.Y. 561 1876 1 New York
Perry & Co. v. Shenandoah National Bank 68 Va. 755 1876 1 Virginia
Sage v. Hammonds 68 Va. 651 1876 1 Virginia
Maher v. Atlantic & Pacific Railroad 64 Mo. 267 1876 1 Missouri
Grier v. Wallace 7 S.C. 182 1876 0 South Carolina
Shuman v. Shuman 9 W. Va. 50 1876 1 West Virginia
Young v. Barner 68 Va. 96 1876 1 Virginia
Eastern Lunatic Asylum v. Garrett 68 Va. 163 1876 1 Virginia
People v. Stephens 51 How. Pr. 235 1876 1 New York
Gibson v. Davenport 29 Ohio St. 309 1876 1 Ohio
Watson v. Hewitt 45 Tex. 472 1876 1 Texas
Doyle v. Clark 7 F. Cas. 1028 1876 1 United States