Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hume v. Hendrickson 79 N.Y. 117 1879 1 New York
Capehart v. Stewart 80 N.C. 101 1879 1 North Carolina
State v. Chavis 80 N.C. 353 1879 1 North Carolina
Flynt v. Hubbard 57 Miss. 471 1879 1 Mississippi
State v. Elder 65 Ind. 282 1879 1 Indiana
Lombard v. Lombard 57 Miss. 171 1879 1 Mississippi
Weinberg v. Rempe 15 W. Va. 829 1879 1 West Virginia
Hamill v. Foute 51 Md. 419 1879 1 Maryland
Drake v. Webb 63 Ala. 596 1879 1 Alabama
Luehrman v. Taxing District of Shelby County 70 Tenn. 425 1879 1 Tennessee
Staley v. Howard 7 Mo. App. 377 1879 1 Missouri
In re Scrafford 21 Kan. 735 1879 1 Kansas
Padfield v. Padfield 92 Ill. 198 1879 1 Illinois
Sisson ex rel. Morrison v. Mayor of Baltimore 51 Md. 83 1879 1 Maryland
Boggess v. Meredith 16 W. Va. 1 1879 1 West Virginia
Mount Pleasant v. Beckwith 100 U.S. 514 1879 1 United States
Alford v. Moore's Adm'r 15 W. Va. 597 1879 1 West Virginia
Tremmel v. Kleiboldt 6 Mo. App. 549 1879 1 Missouri
Ruffner, Donnally & Co. v. Hewitt, Kerchival & Co. et al. 14 W. Va. 737 1879 1 West Virginia
Sumner v. Blakslee 59 N.H. 242 1879 1 New Hampshire