Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Woodward v. American Exposition Railway Co. 39 La. Ann. 566 1887 1 Louisiana
Potter v. Gjertsen 37 Minn. 386 1887 1 Minnesota
State v. Ellis 97 N.C. 447 1887 1 North Carolina
Haas & Bro. v. Hudmon Bros. 83 Ala. 174 1887 1 Alabama
Mobile Savings Bank v. McDonnell 83 Ala. 595 1887 1 Alabama
Hoover v. Chambers 3 Wash. Terr. 26 1887 1 Washington
Kirtz v. Peck 10 N.Y. St. Rep. 796 1887 1 New York
Smith v. Kimball 36 Kan. 474 1887 1 Kansas
Hoke v. People 122 Ill. 511 1887 1 Illinois
Yeater v. Hines 24 Mo. App. 619 1887 1 Missouri
Decker v. Decker 121 Ill. 341 1887 1 Illinois
Cahoon v. Miers 67 Md. 573 1887 1 Maryland
Territory v. Layne 7 Mont. 225 1887 1 Montana
Webb v. Darby 94 Mo. 621 1887 1 Missouri
Carter v. Tice 120 Ill. 277 1887 1 Illinois
Byrd v. Jones 84 Ala. 336 1887 1 Alabama
Davis v. Davis 86 Ky. 32 1887 1 Kentucky
State v. Chyo Chiagk 92 Mo. 395 1887 1 Missouri
Goodsell's Appeal from Probate 55 Conn. 171 1887 1 Connecticut
Clark v. Crosswhite 28 Mo. App. 34 1887 1 Missouri