Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Bowmar 55 Miss. 671 1878 1 Mississippi
Myers v. W. G. Lyon & Co. 51 Vt. 272 1878 1 Vermont
Franklin v. Claflin 49 Md. 24 1878 1 Maryland
Reynolds v. Adams 90 Ill. 134 1878 1 Illinois
Thornton v. Park 61 Ga. 549 1878 1 Georgia
Jones v. Jones 48 Md. 391 1878 1 Maryland
Ingersoll's Appeal 86 Pa. 240 1878 1 Pennsylvania
Dillon v. Dillon 60 Ga. 204 1878 1 Georgia
Smith v. Brittenham 3 Ill. App. 62 1878 1 Illinois
Hall v. Bryan 50 Md. 194 1878 1 Maryland
Eckford v. Evans 56 Miss. 18 1878 1 Mississippi
Clarke v. Smith 49 Md. 106 1878 1 Maryland
Board of Chosen Freeholders v. State Bank 30 N.J. Eq. 311 1878 1 New Jersey
McCustian v. Ramey 33 Ark. 141 1878 1 Arkansas
Greenfield v. People 74 N.Y. 277 1878 1 New York
Lemon v. Fox 21 Kan. 152 1878 1 Kansas
Locke v. Barbour 62 Ind. 577 1878 1 Indiana
Keene v. Van Reuth 48 Md. 184 1878 1 Maryland
Merritt v. Disney 48 Md. 344 1878 1 Maryland
Goddard v. Brown 12 R.I. 31 1878 1 Rhode Island