Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jewett v. Dringer 30 N.J. Eq. 291 1878 1 New Jersey
Jones v. Reid Adm'r 12 W. Va. 350 1878 1 West Virginia
Adair v. Brimmer 74 N.Y. 539 1878 1 New York
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. Brown 30 N.J. Eq. 193 1878 1 New Jersey
Gist v. Hanly 33 Ark. 233 1878 1 Arkansas
Dinges v. Branson 14 W. Va. 100 1878 1 West Virginia
Eckford v. Evans 56 Miss. 18 1878 1 Mississippi
Greenfield v. People 74 N.Y. 277 1878 1 New York
State ex rel. Ranstead v. Banks 48 Md. 513 1878 1 Maryland
Grafton v. Cummings 99 U.S. 100 1878 1 United States
State v. Strauss 49 Md. 288 1878 1 Maryland
Haynes v. Haynes 33 Ohio St. 598 1878 1 Ohio
Sanderson v. Ætna Iron & Nail Co. 34 Ohio St. 442 1878 1 Ohio
Cheatham v. Hatcher 71 Va. 56 1878 1 Virginia
Cushing v. Blake 29 N.J. Eq. 399 1878 1 New Jersey
Davis v. Bowmar 55 Miss. 671 1878 1 Mississippi
Johnson v. Ward 2 Ill. App. 261 1878 1 Illinois
Payne v. Commonwealth 72 Va. 855 1878 1 Virginia
J. M. Brunswick & Balke Co. v. Valleau 50 Iowa 120 1878 1 Iowa
Gibson v. City of Wyandotte 20 Kan. 156 1878 1 Kansas