Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Ward 2 Ill. App. 261 1878 1 Illinois
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. Green 68 Mo. 169 1878 1 Missouri
Callaghan's Adm'r v. Circle 12 W. Va. 562 1878 1 West Virginia
Walker v. Collier 61 Ga. 341 1878 1 Georgia
Eckford v. Evans 56 Miss. 18 1878 1 Mississippi
Sweeney v. Baker 13 W. Va. 160 1878 1 West Virginia
Black v. Smith 13 W. Va. 780 1878 1 West Virginia
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