Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pittsburgh & State Line R. v. Rothschild 8 Sadler 83 1886 1 Pennsylvania
People v. Fonda 62 Mich. 401 1886 1 Michigan
General German Aged People’s Home v. Hammerbacker 64 Md. 595 1886 1 Maryland
Kilgore's Adm'r v. Hanley 27 W. Va. 451 1886 1 West Virginia
Cleere v. Cleere 82 Ala. 581 1886 1 Alabama
Davis v. Mitchell 65 Tex. 623 1886 1 Texas
Webster v. Morris 66 Wis. 366 1886 1 Wisconsin
Galena & Southern Wisconsin Railroad v. Ennor 116 Ill. 55 1886 1 Illinois
Woodward v. Sibert 82 Va. 441 1886 1 Virginia
Messner v. Giddings 65 Tex. 301 1886 1 Texas
Hemming v. Elliott 66 Md. 197 1886 0 Maryland
Fisher v. Fisher 41 N.J. Eq. 16 1886 1 New Jersey
Cleveland v. Cole 65 Tex. 402 1886 1 Texas
Sheffield v. Goff 65 Tex. 354 1886 1 Texas
P. Floyd & Co. v. I. Efron & Co. 66 Tex. 221 1886 1 Texas
Almy v. Daniels 15 R.I. 312 1886 1 Rhode Island
Cain v. Cox 29 W. Va. 258 1886 1 West Virginia
Simon v. Wildt 84 Ky. 157 1886 1 Kentucky
Hardin v. Ray 94 N.C. 456 1886 1 North Carolina
McGrann v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad 111 Pa. 171 1886 1 Pennsylvania