Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hager v. Rice 4 Colo. 90 1878 1 Colorado
Hypes v. Griffin 89 Ill. 134 1878 1 Illinois
Waugh v. Suter 3 Ill. App. 271 1878 1 Illinois
Succession of Pinard v. Holten 30 La. Ann. 167 1878 1 Louisiana
Rexroad v. Wells 13 W. Va. 812 1878 1 West Virginia
Amiss v. McGinnis 12 W. Va. 371 1878 1 West Virginia
State v. Swepson 79 N.C. 632 1878 1 North Carolina
Kesner v. Trigg 98 U.S. 50 1878 1 United States
Mann v. Bryant 12 W. Va. 516 1878 1 West Virginia
Woodyard v. Poisley 14 W. Va. 211 1878 1 West Virginia
Wheeler v. Constantine 39 Mich. 62 1878 1 Michigan
Orrick v. Boehm 49 Md. 72 1878 0 Maryland
Ayres v. Robins 71 Va. 105 1878 1 Virginia
Steptoe v. Pollard 71 Va. 689 1878 1 Virginia
Heard v. Northington 49 Tex. 439 1878 1 Texas
Patton v. Merchants' Bank of Charleston 12 W. Va. 587 1878 1 West Virginia
Drummond v. State 4 Tex. Ct. App. 150 1878 1 Texas
Kern v. Zeigler 13 W. Va. 707 1878 1 West Virginia
Hyman, Moses & Co. v. Smith 13 W. Va. 744 1878 1 West Virginia
Higman v. Stewart 38 Mich. 513 1878 1 Michigan