Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Goodwin v. State 96 Ind. 550 1883 1 Indiana
Jackson v. Hardin 83 Mo. 175 1884 1 Missouri
Vaughan v. Williamson 78 Ala. 194 1884 1 Alabama
Burley v. McGough 115 Ill. 11 1885 1 Illinois
White v. Farley 81 Ala. 563 1886 1 Alabama
Eastis v. Montgomery 95 Ala. 486 1891 1 Alabama
Barber Appeal from Probate 63 Conn. 393 1893 1 Connecticut
Thompson v. New England Mortgage Security Co. 110 Ala. 400 1895 1 Alabama
Crossan v. Crossan 169 Mo. 631 1902 1 Missouri
Mullen v. Johnson 157 Ala. 262 1908 1 Alabama
Hawthorne v. Jenkins 182 Ala. 255 1913 1 Alabama
Melvin v. Murphy 184 Ala. 188 1913 1 Alabama
Wear v. Wear 200 Ala. 345 1916 1 Alabama
Ramsey v. Ramsey 192 Iowa 1356 1922 1 Iowa
Hembree v. State 20 Ala. App. 181 1924 1 Alabama
Sexton v. Daly 199 Cal. 759 1926 1 California
Carter v. First Nat. Bank 237 Ala. 47 1938 1 Alabama
Cheesborough v. Corbett 155 S.W.2d 942 1941 1 Texas
Hornaday v. Hornaday 254 Ala. 267 1950 1 Alabama
Redwine v. State 36 Ala. App. 560 1952 1 Alabama