Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gist v. Hanly 33 Ark. 233 1878 1 Arkansas
James v. James 58 N.H. 266 1878 1 New Hampshire
Latham v. Latham 71 Va. 307 1878 1 Virginia
Conyers v. Field 61 Ga. 258 1878 1 Georgia
Myers v. W. G. Lyon & Co. 51 Vt. 272 1878 1 Vermont
Tucker v. Vandermark 21 Kan. 263 1878 1 Kansas
Reinhard, Meyer & Co. v. Baker 13 W. Va. 805 1878 1 West Virginia
Preston Kean & Co. v. Ayers 2 Ill. Cir. Ct. Rep. 498 1878 1 Illinois
Suter v. Ives 47 Md. 520 1878 1 Maryland
Thomson v. Hester 55 Miss. 656 1878 1 Mississippi
Ensworth v. Barton 67 Mo. 622 1878 1 Missouri
Black v. Smith 13 W. Va. 780 1878 1 West Virginia
Mutual Life Insurance v. Davies 44 N.Y. Super. Ct. 172 1878 1 New York
Sewell v. Holland 61 Ga. 608 1878 1 Georgia
Stilwell v. Mutual Life Insurance 72 N.Y. 385 1878 1 New York
Adair v. Brimmer 74 N.Y. 539 1878 1 New York
Jerauld v. Trippet 62 Ind. 122 1878 1 Indiana
Redd v. Jones 71 Va. 123 1878 1 Virginia
Goddard v. Brown 12 R.I. 31 1878 1 Rhode Island
Johnson v. Ward 2 Ill. App. 261 1878 1 Illinois