Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Pearson v. Pearson 46 Cal. 609 1873 1 California
Sunderland v. Hood 13 Mo. App. 232 1883 1 Missouri
Sunderland v. Hood 84 Mo. 293 1884 1 Missouri
Lyons v. Campbell 88 Ala. 462 1889 1 Alabama
Higginbotham v. Higginbotham 106 Ala. 314 1894 1 Alabama
Coghill v. Kennedy 119 Ala. 641 1898 1 Alabama
Claussenius v. Claussenius 179 Ill. 545 1899 1 Illinois
Moore v. Caldwell 17 Ohio C.C. Dec. 449 1904 1 Ohio
McBride v. Sullivan 155 Ala. 166 1908 1 Alabama
Conoway v. Fulmer 172 Ala. 283 1911 1 Alabama
Anthony v. Sturdivant 174 Ala. 521 1911 1 Alabama
In re Giauque 11 Mills Surr. 516 1914 1 New York
Allen v. Scruggs 190 Ala. 654 1914 1 Alabama
Gainey v. State 141 Ala. 72 1904 1 Alabama
Matheson v. Redfern 64 Mont. 49 1922 1 Montana
Massey v. Reynolds 213 Ala. 178 1925 1 Alabama
Stanard v. Miller 212 Ala. 605 1925 1 Alabama
Stuck v. Howard 213 Ala. 184 1925 1 Alabama
Cox v. Hale 217 Ala. 46 1927 1 Alabama
Housvon v. Grigsby 217 Ala. 506 1928 1 Alabama