Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Seeley v. New York National Exchange Bank 8 Daly (N.Y.) 400 1878 1 New York
People ex rel. Walker v. Babcock 23 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 313 1878 1 New York
State v. Johnson 61 Ga. 640 1878 1 Georgia
In re Wills of Miller 70 Tenn. 54 1878 1 Tennessee
Sullivan v. State 16 Fla. 564 1878 1 Florida
Doster v. Arnold 60 Ga. 316 1878 1 Georgia
Stones v. Maney 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 731 1878 1 Tennessee
Harris v. State 61 Ga. 359 1878 1 Georgia
State v. Laxton 78 N.C. 564 1878 1 North Carolina
Anderson v. Pollard & Co. 62 Ga. 46 1878 1 Georgia
State ex rel. Hewlett v. Hewlett 48 Md. 138 1878 1 Maryland
Dukes v. Spangler 35 Ohio St. 119 1878 1 Ohio
Exchange Bank v. Butner & Edgeworth 60 Ga. 654 1878 1 Georgia
Varner v. Gunn 61 Ga. 54 1878 1 Georgia
Brooks v. Mastin 69 Mo. 58 1878 1 Missouri
Hogan v. State 61 Ga. 43 1878 1 Georgia
Boehm, Bendheim & Co. v. Nelson 61 Ga. 441 1878 1 Georgia
Schaffner v. Schilling 6 Mo. App. 42 1878 1 Missouri
Pearson v. Forsyth 61 Ga. 537 1878 1 Georgia
Mertens v. Loewenberg 69 Mo. 208 1878 1 Missouri