Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bracken v. Jones 63 Tex. 184 1885 1 Texas
Dawkins v. Dawkins 93 N.C. 283 1885 1 North Carolina
Buxly v. Buxton 92 N.C. 479 1885 1 North Carolina
Donovan v. South & North Ala. Railroad 79 Ala. 429 1885 1 Alabama
Allen's Ex'x v. Shriver's Adm'r 81 Va. 174 1885 1 Virginia
Hatch v. Barrett 34 Kan. 223 1885 1 Kansas
Thomas v. Quarles 64 Tex. 491 1885 1 Texas
Berringer v. Cobb 58 Mich. 557 1885 1 Michigan
Skaggs v. Murchison & Coleman 63 Tex. 348 1885 1 Texas
Coffin v. Murphy 62 Miss. 542 1885 1 Mississippi
Thomas v. Thomas 62 Miss. 531 1885 1 Mississippi
Sherner v. Spear 92 N.C. 148 1885 1 North Carolina
Wright v. Cain 93 N.C. 296 1885 1 North Carolina
Marchand v. Sobral 24 F. 316 1885 1 United States
Goodbar v. West 1 Miss. Dec. 447 1885 1 Mississippi
Gee v. Thompson 37 La. Ann. 598 1885 1 Louisiana
Citizens' Mutual Insurance v. Foster 1 Miss. Dec. 143 1885 1 Mississippi
Dail v. Freeman 92 N.C. 351 1885 1 North Carolina
Phipps v. Kelly 12 Or. 213 1885 1 Oregon
Allen v. State 1 Miss. Dec. 126 1885 1 Mississippi