Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Ball v. Ball 20 R.I. 520 1898 1 Rhode Island
Jones v. Jones' Ex'or 96 Va. 749 1899 1 Virginia
Barnum v. Le Master 110 Tenn. 638 1903 1 Tennessee
Atwell v. Gordon 135 Va. 264 1923 1 Virginia
Myers v. Wade 27 Va. 444 1828 1 Virginia
Utterback's Adm'r v. Cooper 69 Va. 233 1877 1 Virginia
Davis v. Morriss' Ex'ors 76 Va. 21 1881 1 Virginia
Caskie's Ex'ors v. Harrison 76 Va. 85 1882 1 Virginia
Gilmer's Adm'r v. Baker's Adm'r 24 W. Va. 72 1884 1 West Virginia
Martin v. Jackson 27 Pa. 504 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Board of Education of Spencer District of Roane County v. Cain 28 W. Va. 758 1886 1 West Virginia
Tittman v. Green 108 Mo. 22 1891 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Hospes v. Branch 112 Mo. 661 1892 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Hospes v. Branch 126 Mo. 448 1895 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Hospes v. Branch 134 Mo. 592 1896 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Short v. Hardy 200 Mo. App. 405 1918 1 Missouri
Graham v. Courtright 180 Iowa 394 1917 1 Iowa
Payne v. Payne 97 W. Va. 627 1924 1 West Virginia
Lee v. Lee 88 Va. 805 1892 1 Virginia
Wildberger v. Cheek's Ex'or 94 Va. 517 1897 1 Virginia