Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ward v. Cooper 69 Miss. 789 1892 1 Mississippi
Franklin v. Franklin 91 Tenn. 119 1892 1 Tennessee
Blass v. Helms 93 Tenn. 166 1893 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Smith 108 Tenn. 21 1901 1 Tennessee
Conlon v. Douglas 362 Mich. 47 1960 1 Michigan
In re Estate of Virginia Norment Potts 34 Va. Cir. 520 1975 1 Virginia
Hough v. Shreeve 18 Va. 490 1815 1 Virginia
Singleton v. Lewis 20 Va. 397 1819 1 Virginia
Wheeling Gas Co. v. City of Wheeling 5 W. Va. 448 1872 1 West Virginia
Alford v. Moore's Adm'r 15 W. Va. 597 1879 1 West Virginia
Beuke v. Boggs Run Mining & Manufacturing Co. 100 W. Va. 141 1925 1 West Virginia
Hutchinson Coal Co. v. Miller 20 F. Supp. 718 1937 1 United States
Pratt v. Philbrook 41 Me. 132 1856 1 Maine
Carrington v. Otis 45 Va. 235 1847 1 Virginia
Hills v. Hamilton 51 Va. 300 1853 1 Virginia
Foster's Curator v. Rison 58 Va. 321 1867 1 Virginia
Bargamin v. Clarke 61 Va. 544 1871 1 Virginia
Werdenbaugh Adm'r v. Reid 20 W. Va. 588 1882 1 West Virginia
Butler v. Butler 161 Ill. 451 1896 1 Illinois
Morgan v. State 13 Ind. 215 1859 1 Indiana