Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ela v. Ela 84 Me. 423 1892 1 Maine
Gupton v. Gupton 47 Mo. 37 1870 1 Missouri
Hancock v. Melloy 187 Pa. 371 1898 1 Pennsylvania
Woodward v. Congdon 34 R.I. 316 1912 1 Rhode Island
Kirkland v. Moseley 109 S.C. 477 1918 1 South Carolina
Robertson v. Maher 177 So. 2d 412 1965 1 Louisiana
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Byles 280 So. 2d 624 1973 1 Louisiana
Chamberlain v. Chamberlain 12 La. Ann. 60 1857 1 Louisiana
Smalley v. His Creditors 3 La. Ann. 386 1848 1 Louisiana
Drake v. Lyons 50 Va. 54 1852 1 Virginia
Wilton v. Humphreys 176 Mass. 253 1900 1 Massachusetts
Blessing's Adm'rs v. Beatty 40 Va. 287 1842 1 Virginia
Ludlow v. Bowne & Eddy 1 Johns. 1 1806 1 New York
New York Firemen Insurance v. De Wolf 2 Cow. 56 1823 1 New York
Dwight v. Smith 9 Rob. 32 1844 1 Louisiana
Sims v. Matassa 200 So. 666 1941 1 Louisiana
Cloud v. Cloud 145 So. 2d 331 1962 1 Louisiana
Ott's Ex'x v. King 49 Va. 224 1851 1 Virginia
Fisher v. Bell 65 W. Va. 10 1909 1 West Virginia
In re Estate of Strasser 220 Iowa 194 1935 1 Iowa