Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Magee v. Young 40 Miss. 164 1866 1 Mississippi
Wally v. Wally 41 Miss. 657 1868 1 Mississippi
Mason v. O'Brien 42 Miss. 420 1869 1 Mississippi
Hardin v. Osborne 43 Miss. 532 1871 1 Mississippi
Tucker v. Field 51 Miss. 191 1875 1 Mississippi
Birmingham v. Birmingham 53 Miss. 610 1876 1 Mississippi
Norris v. Callahan 59 Miss. 140 1881 1 Mississippi
Dobbs v. Chandler 84 Miss. 372 1904 1 Mississippi
Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States v. Hartfield 87 Miss. 548 1905 1 Mississippi
De Baum v. Hulett Undertaking Co. 169 Miss. 488 1934 1 Mississippi
Norton v. Coley 45 Miss. 125 1871 1 Mississippi
Wilbourn v. Shell 59 Miss. 205 1881 1 Mississippi
Jones v. Casler 139 Ind. 382 1894 1 Indiana
Kotz v. Belz 178 Ill. 434 1899 1 Illinois
Ely v. Megie 18 Mills Surr. 23 1916 1 New York
Ely v. Megie 219 N.Y. 112 1916 1 New York
Moor v. Parks 122 Miss. 301 1920 1 Mississippi
In re Estate of Thompson 185 Cal. 763 1921 1 California
Watkins v. Watkins 142 Miss. 210 1926 1 Mississippi
Warren v. Sidney's Estate 183 Miss. 669 1938 1 Mississippi