Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Clark v. Whitfield 218 Ala. 593 1928 1 Alabama
Gardner v. Gardner 10 R.I. 211 1872 1 Rhode Island
Brooks v. Austin 95 N.C. 474 1886 1 North Carolina
Perkins v. Brinkley 133 N.C. 86 1903 1 North Carolina
Coulter v. Lyda 102 Mo. App. 401 1903 1 Missouri
Seixas v. Citizens' Bank 38 La. Ann. 424 1886 1 Louisiana
Deposit Bank of Midway's Assignee v. Hearne 104 Ky. 819 1898 1 Kentucky
Joseph W. Jenkins & Co. v. Smith 72 N.C. 296 1875 1 North Carolina
Walton v. Louisiana State Marine & Fire Insurance 2 Rob. 563 1842 1 Louisiana
Mills v. Bonin 239 N.C. 498 1954 1 North Carolina
McIlroy Banking Co. v. Dickson 66 Ark. 327 1899 1 Arkansas
Bellamy v. Andrews 151 N.C. 256 1909 1 North Carolina
McMullen v. State 53 Ala. 531 1875 1 Alabama
Ward v. Warfield 3 La. Ann. 468 1848 1 Louisiana
Moore v. Moore 151 N.C. 555 1909 1 North Carolina
Pritchard v. Smith 160 N.C. 79 1912 1 North Carolina
MacFarland v. Hanes 286 F. 937 1923 1 United States
Commonwealth Finance Co. v. Livingston 12 So. 2d 44 1943 1 Louisiana
Vangilder v. Vangilder 119 W. Va. 211 1937 1 West Virginia
Bunn v. Braswell 139 N.C. 135 1905 1 North Carolina