Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Boeckler v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. 10 Mo. App. 448 1881 1 Missouri
Larison v. Larison 9 Ill. App. 27 1881 1 Illinois
Scott v. Patchin 54 Vt. 253 1881 1 Vermont
Merrill v. Rolston 5 Redf. 220 1881 1 New York
Eldridge v. Connecticut General Life Insurance 10 D.C. 301 1881 1 District of Columbia
Williams v. Lord & Robinson 75 Va. 390 1881 1 Virginia
Norris, Caldwell & Co. v. Bean 17 W. Va. 655 1881 1 West Virginia
Kennedy v. Kennedy 25 Kan. 151 1881 1 Kansas
Tilley v. Savannah, Florida & Western R. Co. 5 F. 641 1881 1 United States
Nevin v. Gillespie 56 Md. 320 1881 1 Maryland
Brown v. Renshaw 57 Md. 67 1881 1 Maryland
Cummings v. Stovall 74 Tenn. 679 1881 1 Tennessee
Ruchizky v. De Haven 97 Pa. 202 1881 1 Pennsylvania
West v. West's Administrator 75 Mo. 204 1881 1 Missouri
Sambs v. Stein 53 Wis. 569 1881 1 Wisconsin
Wilson v. Staats 33 N.J. Eq. 524 1881 1 New Jersey
Hirschman v. People 101 Ill. 568 1881 1 Illinois
Preston v. Evans 56 Md. 476 1881 1 Maryland
H. & T. C. R'y Co. v. Sympkins 54 Tex. 615 1881 1 Texas
Birkett v. Chatterton 13 R.I. 299 1881 1 Rhode Island