Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Summers v. Howard 33 Ark. 490 1878 1 Arkansas
Brown v. French 125 Mass. 410 1878 1 Massachusetts
Carroll v. Sheehan 12 R.I. 218 1878 1 Rhode Island
Johnston v. Jarret 14 W. Va. 230 1878 1 West Virginia
Ames v. Hubby 49 Tex. 705 1878 1 Texas
Wells v. Chaffin 60 Ga. 677 1878 1 Georgia
Winkler v. Chesapeake & Ohio R.R. Co. 12 W. Va. 699 1878 1 West Virginia
Hays’ Administratrix v. McNealy 16 Fla. 409 1878 1 Florida
McGinnis v. Curry 13 W. Va. 31 1878 1 West Virginia
Harris v. Gaines 70 Tenn. 12 1878 1 Tennessee
Coltrane v. Worrell 71 Va. 434 1878 1 Virginia
Willover v. Hill 72 N.Y. 36 1878 1 New York
Landry v. Victor 30 La. 1041 1878 1 Louisiana
Veramendi v. Hutchins 48 Tex. 531 1878 1 Texas
Cotton's Guardian v. Wolf 77 Ky. 238 1878 1 Kentucky
Froneberger v. Lewis 79 N.C. 426 1878 1 North Carolina
Estate of Hinckley 1 Myrick 189 1878 1 California
Kenney v. Central Railroad 61 Ga. 590 1878 1 Georgia
Dunlop v. Paterson Fire Insurance 19 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 627 1878 1 New York
Jones v. Parker 60 Ga. 500 1878 1 Georgia