Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Boggess v. Meredith 16 W. Va. 1 1879 1 West Virginia
Ferry v. Laible 31 N.J. Eq. 566 1879 1 New Jersey
Estep v. Mackey 52 Md. 592 1879 1 Maryland
Parker v. Parker 126 Mass. 433 1879 1 Massachusetts
Gardenville Permanent Loan Ass'n v. Walker 52 Md. 452 1879 1 Maryland
Commonwealth v. Cain 77 Ky. 525 1879 1 Kentucky
Knapp v. Snyder 15 W. Va. 434 1879 1 West Virginia
Metcalf v. Gilmore 59 N.H. 417 1879 1 New Hampshire
Leach v. French 69 Me. 389 1879 1 Maine
Greenwood v. Cline 7 Or. 17 1879 1 Oregon
Maurice v. Worden 52 Md. 283 1879 1 Maryland
Blair v. Parker 4 Ill. App. 409 1879 1 Illinois
Peterson v. Oleson 47 Wis. 122 1879 1 Wisconsin
Wood v. Ward 30 F. Cas. 479 1879 1 United States
Wallace's Ex'rs v. Wallace 15 W. Va. 722 1879 1 West Virginia
Tribble v. Anderson 63 Ga. 31 1879 1 Georgia
Reich v. State 63 Ga. 616 1879 1 Georgia
Borst v. Crommie 26 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 209 1879 1 New York
State v. Roark 23 Kan. 147 1879 1 Kansas
Russell v. Switzer 63 Ga. 711 1879 1 Georgia