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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Simpson v. Simpson 16 Ill. App. 170 1885 1 Illinois
Quackenbos v. Kingsland 102 N.Y. 128 1886 1 New York
Johnston v. Spicer 48 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 475 1886 1 New York
Johnson v. Spicer 5 N.Y. St. Rep. 40 1886 1 New York
Hoyt v. Hoyt 61 Vt. 413 1889 1 Vermont
Territory v. Ely 6 Dakota 128 1889 1 Dakota Territory
Crum v. Sawyer 132 Ill. 443 1890 1 Illinois
Griffin v. Shepard 124 N.Y. 70 1891 1 New York
Lewis v. Barnhart 145 U.S. 56 1892 1 United States
Walsh v. Mutual Life Insurance 133 N.Y. 408 1892 1 New York
Godman v. Simmons 113 Mo. 122 1892 1 Missouri
Pendill v. Marquette County Agricultural Society 95 Mich. 491 1893 1 Michigan
Kinyon v. Kinyon 31 Abb. N. Cas. 76 1893 1 New York
Upington v. Corrigan 151 N.Y. 143 1896 1 New York
McDonald v. Bayard Savings Bank 123 Iowa 413 1904 1 Iowa
McAdams v. Bailey 169 Ind. 518 1907 1 Indiana
Clowe v. Seavey 208 N.Y. 496 1913 1 New York
Amarillo Nat. Bank v. Sanborn 169 S.W. 1075 1914 1 Texas
Westwater v. Guitner 18 Ohio N.P. (n.s.) 209 1915 1 Ohio
Prince v. Barham 127 Va. 462 1920 1 Virginia