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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Henderson v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad 123 U.S. 61 1887 1 United States
Hanchett v. Williams 24 Ill. App. 56 1887 1 Illinois
Milwaukee Mechanics' Mutual Insurance v. Ketterlin 24 Ill. App. 188 1887 1 Illinois
Smith v. Kimball 36 Kan. 474 1887 1 Kansas
Estate of Hastings 15 N.Y. St. Rep. 420 1887 1 New York
Sedalia, Warsaw & Southern Railway Co. v. Smith 27 Mo. App. 371 1887 1 Missouri
Thornton v. Baker 15 R.I. 553 1887 1 Rhode Island
Spencer v. Sully County 4 Dakota 474 1887 1 Dakota Territory
Loftin v. Loftin 96 N.C. 94 1887 1 North Carolina
Pasteur v. Lewis 39 La. Ann. 5 1887 1 Louisiana
Tovey v. Culver 54 N.Y. Super. Ct. 404 1887 1 New York
Hecht v. Slaney 72 Cal. 363 1887 1 California
Hammond v. Johnston 93 Mo. 198 1887 1 Missouri
United States v. Angney 17 D.C. 66 1887 1 District of Columbia
Plano Manufacturing Co. v. Frawley 68 Wis. 577 1887 1 Wisconsin
Root v. Railroad Co. 45 Ohio St. 222 1887 1 Ohio
Breon v. Henkle 14 Or. 494 1887 1 Oregon
Seelye v. Smith 85 Ala. 25 1887 1 Alabama
Emmeluth v. Home Benefit Ass'n 12 N.Y. St. Rep. 654 1887 1 New York
O'Rourke v. Brown 54 N.Y. Super. Ct. 384 1887 1 New York