Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Brooks v. Powers 15 Mass. 244 1818 1 Massachusetts
Richardson Shoe Machinery Co. v. Essex Machine Co. 207 Mass. 219 1911 1 Massachusetts
Irving v. Ford 179 Mass. 216 1901 1 Massachusetts
Polsey v. Newton 199 Mass. 450 1908 1 Massachusetts
Ela v. Ela 158 Mass. 54 1893 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Brown 150 Mass. 334 1889 1 Massachusetts
Sears v. Childs 309 Mass. 337 1941 1 Massachusetts
Adams v. Adams 100 Mass. 365 1868 1 Massachusetts
Framingham Manufacturing Co. v. Barnard 19 Mass. 532 1824 1 Massachusetts
Proprietors of the Canal Bridge v. Trustees of the Methodist Religious Society 54 Mass. 335 1847 1 Massachusetts
Minot v. Winthrop 162 Mass. 113 1894 1 Massachusetts
Bennett v. President of the Bedford Bank 11 Mass. 421 1814 1 Massachusetts
Lobdell v. Allen 75 Mass. 377 1857 1 Massachusetts
Chapin v. Freeland 142 Mass. 383 1886 1 Massachusetts
Polson v. Stewart 167 Mass. 211 1897 1 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Worcester v. Green 19 Mass. 425 1824 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Phelps 209 Mass. 396 1911 1 Massachusetts
Stewart v. Stewart 177 Mass. 493 1901 1 Massachusetts
Putnam v. Putnam 25 Mass. 439 1829 1 Massachusetts
Kimberly v. Ely 23 Mass. 440 1828 1 Massachusetts