Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Pettingill v. Drake 14 Ill. App. 424 1884 1 Illinois
Hurt v. Hurt 157 Ala. 126 1908 1 Alabama
Townsend v. Miles 167 Ala. 514 1910 1 Alabama
Kimball v. Cunningham Hdw. Co. 197 Ala. 631 1916 1 Alabama
Cowan v. Perkins 214 Ala. 155 1926 1 Alabama
Caheen v. First Nat. Bank 230 Ala. 105 1935 1 Alabama
Lapham v. Martin 33 Ohio St. 99 1877 1 Ohio
Oklahoma Nat. Life Ins. v. Norton 44 Okla. 783 1915 1 Oklahoma
Church v. Church 15 R.I. 138 1885 1 Rhode Island
Kennedy v. Mangan 278 F. 1009 1922 1 United States
Torre v. Chesnut 159 S.C. 282 1931 1 South Carolina
Morgan County Nat. Bank v. Nelson 244 Ala. 374 1943 1 Alabama
Allison v. Chandler 11 Mich. 542 1863 1 Michigan
Succession of Taylor v. Taylor 15 La. Ann. 313 1860 0 Louisiana
Pierce v. Grays 5 Mart. (o.s.) 367 1818 0 Louisiana
Gilbert v. Meriam 2 La. Ann. 160 1847 0 Louisiana
Jones v. Jones 27 Tenn. 705 1848 0 Tennessee
Groves v. Steel 2 La. Ann. 480 1847 0 Louisiana
Cook v. Husted 12 Johns. 188 1815 0 Civil SC of New York
Livingston v. Bain 10 Wend. 384 1833 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York