Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Saunders v. Hendrix 5 Ala. 224 1843 1 Alabama
Merrill v. Smith 12 Ala. 569 1847 1 Alabama
Egleston v. Knickerbacker 6 Barb. 458 1849 1 New York
Murrah v. Branch Bank at Decatur 20 Ala. 392 1852 1 Alabama
Hendrickson v. Beers 19 N.Y. Super. Ct. 639 1860 1 New York
Mobile Life Insurance v. Pruett 74 Ala. 487 1883 1 Alabama
Bomar v. Rosser 131 Ala. 215 1901 1 Alabama
Peters v. Pilcher 211 Ala. 548 1924 1 Alabama
Harbin v. Nations 214 Ala. 649 1926 1 Alabama
Godwin v. Hooper 45 Ala. 613 1871 1 Alabama
Cogburn v. McQueen 46 Ala. 551 1871 1 Alabama
Hooper v. Scarborough 57 Ala. 510 1877 1 Alabama
Allen v. Kellam 69 Ala. 442 1881 1 Alabama
Rawson v. McElvaine 49 Mich. 194 1882 1 Michigan
Morgan v. Casey 73 Ala. 222 1882 1 Alabama
Bean v. Chapman 73 Ala. 140 1882 1 Alabama
Hanifan v. Needles 108 Ill. 403 1884 1 Illinois
Missouri Pacific Railway & International & Great Northern Railway v. White 76 Tex. 102 1890 1 Texas
Daly v. Mallory 123 Ala. 170 1898 1 Alabama
Sands v. Hickey 135 Ala. 322 1902 1 Alabama