Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Williams v. Williams 63 Md. 371 1885 1 Maryland
Sammons v. Hawvers 25 W. Va. 678 1885 1 West Virginia
Stirling v. Stirling 64 Md. 138 1885 1 Maryland
Sherrill v. Hagan 92 N.C. 345 1885 1 North Carolina
Hoitt v. Hoitt 63 N.H. 475 1885 1 New Hampshire
Stein, Block & Co. v. Good 16 Ill. App. 516 1885 1 Illinois
Philipowski v. Spencer 63 Tex. 604 1885 1 Texas
Kyle v. Conrad 25 W. Va. 760 1885 1 West Virginia
Sav. & Loan Soc'y v. Deering 66 Cal. 281 1885 1 California
Carter v. Edmonds 80 Va. 58 1885 1 Virginia
Waterman v. Baldwin 68 Iowa 255 1885 1 Iowa
Smith v. Black 115 U.S. 308 1885 1 United States
Equitable Gas Light Co. v. Baltimore Coal Tar & Manufacturing Co. 63 Md. 285 1885 1 Maryland
People ex rel. Storey v. Knickerbocker 114 Ill. 539 1885 1 Illinois
Moundsville v. Fountain 27 W. Va. 182 1885 1 West Virginia
State v. Howard 92 N.C. 772 1885 1 North Carolina
Leonard v. Territory 2 Wash. Terr. 381 1885 1 Washington
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad v. Newell 104 Ind. 264 1885 1 Indiana
Cattell v. Dispatch Publishing Co. 88 Mo. 356 1885 1 Missouri
Washington Beneficial Endowment Ass'n v. Wood 15 D.C. 19 1885 1 District of Columbia