Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Alston v. State 63 Ala. 178 1879 1 Alabama
Funk v. Eggleston 92 Ill. 515 1879 1 Illinois
Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Chandler 51 Tex. 416 1879 1 Texas
Mask v. Rawls 57 Miss. 270 1879 1 Mississippi
Bejarano v. State 6 Tex. Ct. App. 265 1879 1 Texas
Cooley v. Perrine 41 N.J.L. 322 1879 1 New Jersey
Richardson v. Clements 89 Pa. 503 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Smith v. McKitterick 51 Iowa 548 1879 1 Iowa
Hillebrands v. Nibbelink 40 Mich. 646 1879 1 Michigan
Glover v. McGilvray 63 Ala. 508 1879 1 Alabama
Stephenson v. Bassett 51 Tex. 544 1879 1 Texas
Brown v. Johnston 7 Abb. N. Cas. 188 1879 1 New York
Bell v. State 7 Tex. Ct. App. 25 1879 1 Texas
Smith v. Wetherell 4 Ill. App. 655 1879 1 Illinois
Commonwealth v. Avery 77 Ky. 625 1879 1 Kentucky
Pulliam v. Pulliam 10 F. 23 1879 1 United States
United States v. Salentine 27 F. Cas. 927 1879 1 United States
Poland v. Lamoille Valley Railroad 52 Vt. 144 1879 1 Vermont
In re the will of Meyer 57 How. Pr. 203 1879 1 New York
Stewart v. Stewart 31 N.J. Eq. 398 1879 1 New Jersey