Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Matlock v. Cobb 62 Miss. 43 1884 1 Mississippi
Knight v. Capito 23 W. Va. 639 1884 1 West Virginia
Deihl & Lord v. Ottenville 82 Tenn. 191 1884 1 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 61 Tex. 56 1884 1 Texas
Cunningham v. Hedrick 23 W. Va. 579 1884 1 West Virginia
Patterson v. Lynde 112 Ill. 196 1884 1 Illinois
Keller v. Hannah 52 Mich. 535 1884 1 Michigan
Mead v. Riley 50 N.Y. Super. Ct. 20 1884 1 New York
Laidley v. Kline's Adm'r 23 W. Va. 565 1884 1 West Virginia
Thurston's Adm'r v. Sinclair 79 Va. 101 1884 1 Virginia
State v. Plants 25 W. Va. 119 1884 1 West Virginia
Norvell v. Little 79 Va. 141 1884 1 Virginia
Gann v. J. A. Shaw & Son 2 Wilson 196 1884 1 Texas
I. & G. N. R. R. v. G. W. Donalson & Co. 2 Wilson 183 1884 1 Texas
Corning v. Dreyfus 20 F. 426 1884 1 United States
G., H. & S. A. R’y Co. v. Davidson 61 Tex. 204 1884 1 Texas
Heath v. Layne 62 Tex. 686 1884 1 Texas
Johnson v. Tomlinson 81 Tenn. 604 1884 1 Tennessee
Robertson v. Simpkins & Simpkins 61 Tex. 259 1884 1 Texas
Fortier v. New Orleans National Bank 112 U.S. 439 1884 1 United States