Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Billings v. Russell 101 N.Y. 226 1886 1 New York
Sappington v. Rimes 21 Ga. App. 810 1918 1 Georgia
Dashing v. State 78 Ind. 357 1881 1 Indiana
Hickman's Ex'or v. Trout 83 Va. 478 1887 1 Virginia
Banner v. May 2 Wash. 221 1891 1 Washington
Darby & Co. v. Gilligan 37 W. Va. 59 1892 1 West Virginia
Furguson v. Bond 39 W. Va. 561 1894 1 West Virginia
Wood v. Harmison 41 W. Va. 376 1895 1 West Virginia
Salemonson v. Thompson 13 N.D. 182 1904 1 North Dakota
Allen v. South Penn Coal Co. 58 W. Va. 197 1905 1 West Virginia
Coffin v. Heath 47 Mass. 76 1843 1 Massachusetts
Sterne v. State 20 Ala. 43 1852 1 Alabama
People v. Welch 26 N.Y.S. 694 1893 1 New York
In re Bell's Estate 34 N.Y.S. 191 1895 1 New York
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co. v. Simmons 123 U.S. 52 1887 1 United States
Gumbel v. Pitkin 124 U.S. 131 1888 1 United States
Maynard v. Hill 125 U.S. 190 1888 1 United States
Denny v. Bennett 128 U.S. 489 1888 1 United States
In re Liphart 227 F. 135 1915 1 United States
Isenberg v. Trent Trust Co. 31 F.2d 553 1929 1 United States