Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Drummond v. State 4 Tex. Ct. App. 150 1878 1 Texas
Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Forsyth 49 Tex. 171 1878 1 Texas
Davis v. Central Railroad 60 Ga. 329 1878 1 Georgia
Allen & Co. v. Georgia National Bank 60 Ga. 347 1878 1 Georgia
State v. Laxton 78 N.C. 564 1878 1 North Carolina
Gayle v. Wilson 71 Va. 166 1878 1 Virginia
Higman v. Stewart 38 Mich. 513 1878 1 Michigan
Hyman, Moses & Co. v. Smith 13 W. Va. 744 1878 1 West Virginia
Holland v. Heyman & Brother 60 Ga. 174 1878 1 Georgia
Patman v. State 61 Ga. 379 1878 1 Georgia
Ransome v. Bearden 50 Tex. 119 1878 1 Texas
Steele v. Renn 50 Tex. 467 1878 1 Texas
Burns v. State 61 Ga. 192 1878 1 Georgia
Hunter v. Bosworth 43 Wis. 583 1878 1 Wisconsin
Brandon v. Mason 69 Tenn. 615 1878 1 Tennessee
Waugh v. Suter 3 Ill. App. 271 1878 1 Illinois
Seymour v. Cagger 20 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 29 1878 1 New York
Finley v. State 61 Ala. 201 1878 1 Alabama
State v. Tickel 13 Nev. 502 1878 1 Nevada
Kelly v. State 61 Ala. 19 1878 1 Alabama