Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Creagh v. Savage 9 Ala. 959 1846 1 Alabama
Martin v. Martin 35 Ala. 560 1860 1 Alabama
Peay v. Wright 22 Ark. 198 1860 1 Arkansas
Farmers & Mechanics' Bank v. City of Detroit 12 Mich. 445 1864 1 Michigan
Ragland's Executors v. Morton 41 Ala. 344 1867 1 Alabama
Ferguson v. Scott 49 Miss. 500 1873 1 Mississippi
Sullivan v. Portland & Kennebec Railroad 94 U.S. 806 1876 1 United States
Philippi v. Philippi 61 Ala. 41 1878 1 Alabama
Greenlees v. Greenlees 62 Ala. 330 1878 1 Alabama
Holt v. Agnew 67 Ala. 360 1880 1 Alabama
Goodger v. Finn 10 Mo. App. 226 1881 1 Missouri
Rock v. Haas 110 Ill. 528 1884 1 Illinois
Comer v. Hart 79 Ala. 389 1885 1 Alabama
Eatman v. Eatman 82 Ala. 223 1886 1 Alabama
Noble's Adm'r v. Moses Bros. 81 Ala. 530 1886 1 Alabama
Bullock v. Tuttle 90 Ala. 435 1890 1 Alabama
Milner v. Rucker 112 Ala. 360 1895 1 Alabama
Murphy v. Nilles 62 Ill. App. 193 1896 1 Illinois
Newman v. Newman 152 Mo. 398 1899 1 Missouri
McQueen v. Wilson 131 Ala. 606 1901 1 Alabama