Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hager v. Rice 4 Colo. 90 1878 1 Colorado
Warwick v. Warwick 72 Va. 70 1878 1 Virginia
Hypes v. Griffin 89 Ill. 134 1878 1 Illinois
King v. Burdett 12 W. Va. 688 1878 1 West Virginia
Waugh v. Suter 3 Ill. App. 271 1878 1 Illinois
Branner v. Branner 69 Tenn. 101 1878 1 Tennessee
Gibbens v. Ritter 1 Va. Dec. 106 1878 1 Virginia
Heard v. Northington 49 Tex. 439 1878 1 Texas
Fore v. State 5 Tex. Ct. App. 251 1878 1 Texas
Bank of Greensboro' v. Chambers 71 Va. 202 1878 1 Virginia
Amiss v. McGinnis 12 W. Va. 371 1878 1 West Virginia
State v. Swepson 79 N.C. 632 1878 1 North Carolina
Justice v. English 71 Va. 565 1878 1 Virginia
Orrick v. Boehm 49 Md. 72 1878 0 Maryland
Harshberger's Adm'r v. Alger 72 Va. 52 1878 1 Virginia
Snavely v. Harkrader 71 Va. 487 1878 1 Virginia
State v. Thomas 13 W. Va. 848 1878 1 West Virginia
Johnson v. Commonwealth 70 Va. 796 1878 1 Virginia
Woodyard v. Poisley 14 W. Va. 211 1878 1 West Virginia
Guilford v. Love 49 Tex. 715 1878 1 Texas