Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Moon's Will 107 Vt. 92 1935 1 Vermont
Miller v. Arnold 81 So. 2d 181 1955 1 Louisiana
Harper v. Archer 17 Miss. 71 1847 1 Mississippi
J. A. Deneufville's adm'r v. Travis's adm'r 46 Va. 28 1848 1 Virginia
Benson v. Mitchell 26 Ala. 360 1855 1 Alabama
Elcan's Adm'r v. Lancasterian School 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 53 1856 1 Virginia
Calwell v. Prindle's Adm'r 11 W. Va. 307 1877 1 West Virginia
Cline v. Jones 111 Ill. 563 1884 1 Illinois
Murdock Parlor Grate Co. v. Commonwealth 152 Mass. 28 1890 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Gay 153 Mass. 211 1891 1 Massachusetts
Fonseca v. Cunard Steamship Co. 153 Mass. 553 1891 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. McCarty 165 Mass. 37 1895 1 Massachusetts
Reed v. Bright 232 Mo. 399 1911 1 Missouri
State v. Hoag 232 Mo. 308 1911 1 Missouri
Capitain v. Mississippi Valley Trust Co. 240 Mo. 484 1912 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Spriggs v. Robinson 253 Mo. 271 1913 1 Missouri
In re the Estate of Erlanger 145 Misc. 1 1932 1 New York
In re the Estate of Osborn 150 Misc. 169 1934 1 New York
Doran v. McConlogue 150 Pa. 98 1892 1 Pennsylvania
Duffy’s Estate 17 Pa. Super. 244 1901 1 Pennsylvania