Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kirtland v. Hotchkiss 100 U.S. 491 1879 1 United States
McCampbell v. Henderson 50 Tex. 601 1879 1 Texas
State v. Hattabough 66 Ind. 223 1879 1 Indiana
Illinois & St. Louis Railroad & Coal Co. v. Cobb 94 Ill. 55 1879 1 Illinois
Jones v. Edwards 78 Ky. 6 1879 1 Kentucky
In re Will of Ames 51 Iowa 596 1879 1 Iowa
South Carolina v. Gaillard 101 U.S. 433 1879 1 United States
DeGraw v. DeGraw 7 Mo. App. 121 1879 1 Missouri
Hass v. Philadelphia & Southern Mail Steamship Co. 88 Pa. 269 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Cocks v. Simmons 57 Miss. 183 1879 1 Mississippi
Oliver v. Vance 34 Ark. 564 1879 1 Arkansas
Mills v. Van Camp 41 Mich. 645 1879 1 Michigan
State ex rel. Rosenblatt v. Heman 70 Mo. 441 1879 1 Missouri
Sledge v. Boone 57 Miss. 222 1879 1 Mississippi
In re Youngs 5 Abb. N. Cas. 346 1879 1 New York
Wentworth v. Wentworth 69 Me. 247 1879 1 Maine
Frost v. Wilson 70 Mo. 664 1879 1 Missouri
Ryan's Adm'r v. McLeod 73 Va. 367 1879 1 Virginia
McNair v. Stanton 57 Miss. 298 1879 1 Mississippi
Grangers’ Life Insurance v. Brown 57 Miss. 308 1879 1 Mississippi