Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wissler v. Craig's Adm'r 80 Va. 22 1885 1 Virginia
State v. Thomas 168 N.C. 146 1914 1 North Carolina
Bell v. Hudson 73 Cal. 285 1887 1 California
McCullough v. Dashiell 85 Va. 37 1888 1 Virginia
Tompkins v. Merriman 155 Pa. 440 1893 1 Pennsylvania
Drake v. Lacoe 157 Pa. 17 1893 1 Pennsylvania
Wendover v. Baker 121 Mo. 273 1894 1 Missouri
Evans v. Johnson 39 W. Va. 299 1894 1 West Virginia
Wellman v. Virginian Railway Co. 85 W. Va. 169 1919 1 West Virginia
Garrity v. Miller 204 Cal. 454 1928 1 California
Holtzman v. Castleman 9 D.C. 555 1876 1 District of Columbia
Erwin v. Nolan 280 Mo. 401 1920 1 Missouri
Graybill v. Brugh 89 Va. 895 1893 1 Virginia
Dyer v. Duffy 39 W. Va. 148 1894 1 West Virginia
Gish's Executor v. Jamison 96 Va. 312 1898 1 Virginia
Southern Railway Co. v. Franklin & Pittsylvania Railroad 96 Va. 693 1899 1 Virginia
Pinellas Packing Co. v. Clearwater Citrus Growers' Ass'n 75 Fla. 247 1918 1 Florida
Sprinkle v. Hayworth 67 Va. 384 1875 1 Virginia
Missionary Society v. Calvert's Am'r 73 Va. 357 1879 1 Virginia
Forsythe v. Forsythe 108 Pa. 129 1885 1 Pennsylvania