Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Brownell v. Brownell 10 R.I. 509 1873 1 Rhode Island
Olney v. Angell 5 R.I. 198 1858 1 Rhode Island
Williams v. Briggs 11 R.I. 476 1877 1 Rhode Island
Bates v. Hacking 29 R.I. 1 1908 1 Rhode Island
Coggeshall v. Pollitt 15 R.I. 168 1885 1 Rhode Island
Sayles v. Tibbitts 5 R.I. 79 1857 1 Rhode Island
Greenwich National Bank v. Hall 11 R.I. 124 1875 1 Rhode Island
Beckwith v. Burrough 14 R.I. 366 1884 1 Rhode Island
Central Baptist Church & Society v. Manchester 17 R.I. 492 1891 1 Rhode Island
Providence Tool Co. v. Corliss Steam Engine Co. 9 R.I. 564 1870 1 Rhode Island
National Exchange Bank v. Watson 13 R.I. 91 1880 1 Rhode Island
Langley v. Langley 18 R.I. 618 1894 1 Rhode Island
In re College Street 11 R.I. 472 1877 1 Rhode Island
Whittier v. Collins 15 R.I. 44 1885 1 Rhode Island
S. W. Wiley & Co. v. Brown 18 R.I. 615 1894 1 Rhode Island
Sammis v. Sammis 14 R.I. 123 1883 1 Rhode Island
Fisher v. Budlong 10 R.I. 525 1873 1 Rhode Island
Nightingale v. Hidden 7 R.I. 115 1862 1 Rhode Island
Ball v. Ball 20 R.I. 520 1898 1 Rhode Island
In re Kenyon 17 R.I. 149 1890 1 Rhode Island