Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
City of Elizabeth v. Force 29 N.J. Eq. 587 1878 1 New Jersey
Delamater v. Chappell 48 Md. 244 1878 1 Maryland
Cushing v. Blake 29 N.J. Eq. 399 1878 1 New Jersey
J. M. Brunswick & Balke Co. v. Valleau 50 Iowa 120 1878 1 Iowa
Jones v. Jones 48 Md. 391 1878 1 Maryland
Colesbury v. Dart 61 Ga. 620 1878 1 Georgia
Preston Kean & Co. v. Ayers 2 Ill. Cir. Ct. Rep. 498 1878 1 Illinois
Clarke v. Smith 49 Md. 106 1878 1 Maryland
Suter v. Ives 47 Md. 520 1878 1 Maryland
Henry v. Davis 13 W. Va. 232 1878 1 West Virginia
Myers v. W. G. Lyon & Co. 51 Vt. 272 1878 1 Vermont
Thornton v. Park 61 Ga. 549 1878 1 Georgia
Davis v. Bowmar 55 Miss. 671 1878 1 Mississippi
Thomson v. Hester 55 Miss. 656 1878 1 Mississippi
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. Brown 30 N.J. Eq. 193 1878 1 New Jersey
Deraismes v. Deraismes 72 N.Y. 154 1878 1 New York
Boothe v. State 4 Tex. Ct. App. 202 1878 1 Texas
Gibson v. City of Wyandotte 20 Kan. 156 1878 1 Kansas
Guilford, Wood & Co. v. McKinley 61 Ga. 230 1878 1 Georgia
First National Bank v. Eccleston 48 Md. 145 1878 1 Maryland