Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Soper v. Guernsey 71 Pa. 219 1872 1 Pennsylvania
Cummings's Estate 153 Pa. 397 1893 1 Pennsylvania
Wolverton's Election Case 1 Walk. 48 1883 1 Pennsylvania
Covington Twp. Overseers v. Sayre 4 Walk. 128 1884 1 Pennsylvania
Danville State Hospital for the Insane v. Bellefonte Borough Overseers of the Poor 163 Pa. 175 1894 1 Pennsylvania
Great Bend Township Poor District v. Auburn & Rush Poor Asylum 167 Pa. 254 1895 1 Pennsylvania
Alexander v. Zerbe Township Poor District 63 Pa. Super. 356 1916 1 Pennsylvania
Patterson v. Dushane 137 Pa. 23 1890 1 Pennsylvania
Seifried v. Commonwealth 101 Pa. 200 1882 1 Pennsylvania
Hanney v. Commonwealth 116 Pa. 322 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Fisher v. Wister 154 Pa. 65 1893 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Kolb 13 Pa. Super. 347 1900 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Lee 454 Pa. 526 1973 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Jade East 237 Pa. Super. 140 1975 1 Pennsylvania
Flannigan's Estate 28 Pa. Super. 487 1905 1 Pennsylvania
Bradley's Appeal 89 Pa. 514 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Wilson's Appeal 115 Pa. 95 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Estate of Merkel 131 Pa. 584 1890 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth ex rel. Dugan v. Ashe 347 Pa. 588 1943 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth ex rel. McGlinn v. Smith 344 Pa. 41 1942 1 Pennsylvania