Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sterl v. Sterl 2 Ill. App. 223 1878 1 Illinois
Apperson & Co. v. Burgett 33 Ark. 328 1878 1 Arkansas
Greenlees v. Greenlees 62 Ala. 330 1878 1 Alabama
Ingersoll's Appeal 86 Pa. 240 1878 1 Pennsylvania
Goodrum v. State 60 Ga. 509 1878 1 Georgia
Proctor v. Bigelow 38 Mich. 282 1878 1 Michigan
Callaghan's Adm'r v. Circle 12 W. Va. 562 1878 1 West Virginia
Dunlop v. Paterson Fire Insurance 19 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 627 1878 1 New York
Kinnebrew v. McWhorter 61 Ga. 33 1878 1 Georgia
Lee v. Clark, Rosser & Co. 60 Ga. 639 1878 1 Georgia
Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Dunham 49 Tex. 181 1878 1 Texas
Morgan v. Burrows 45 Wis. 211 1878 1 Wisconsin
Withers v. Fuller 71 Va. 547 1878 1 Virginia
Cushing v. Blake 29 N.J. Eq. 399 1878 1 New Jersey
Stout v. LaFollette 64 Ind. 365 1878 1 Indiana
Michigan Paneling Machine & Manufacturing Co. v. Parsell 38 Mich. 475 1878 1 Michigan
Pole v. Simmons 49 Md. 14 1878 1 Maryland
McCustian v. Ramey 33 Ark. 141 1878 1 Arkansas
Burkholder v. Ludlam 71 Va. 255 1878 1 Virginia
Needham v. Gillett 39 Mich. 574 1878 1 Michigan