Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Savannah & Memphis Rail Road v. Lancaster 62 Ala. 555 1878 1 Alabama
State v. Laxton 78 N.C. 564 1878 1 North Carolina
State v. Grate 68 Mo. 22 1878 1 Missouri
Schaffner v. Schilling 6 Mo. App. 42 1878 1 Missouri
Swoll v. Oliver 61 Ga. 248 1878 1 Georgia
Merrell v. Pemberton 62 Ga. 29 1878 1 Georgia
Crawford's Administrator v. Lehr 20 Kan. 509 1878 1 Kansas
Missimer v. Ebersole 87 Pa. 109 1878 1 Pennsylvania
Cavender v. Waddingham 5 Mo. App. 457 1878 1 Missouri
Ex parte Pattison 56 Miss. 161 1878 1 Mississippi
Low v. Harmony 72 N.Y. 408 1878 1 New York
Fogg v. Dummer 58 N.H. 505 1878 1 New Hampshire
Central Railroad v. Sears 61 Ga. 279 1878 1 Georgia
Woodson v. Veal 60 Ga. 562 1878 1 Georgia
Watkins v. State 60 Ga. 601 1878 1 Georgia
Justice v. McBroom 69 Tenn. 555 1878 1 Tennessee
Leitner v. Goodwin & Beall 60 Ga. 148 1878 1 Georgia
State v. Caveness 78 N.C. 484 1878 1 North Carolina
Plain v. State 60 Ga. 284 1878 1 Georgia
Hitchins v. Pettingill 58 N.H. 386 1878 1 New Hampshire