Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Martel v. Martel 17 Tex. 391 1856 1 Texas
Ruff v. Smith 31 Miss. 59 1856 1 Mississippi
Sprott v. Baldwin 34 Miss. 327 1857 1 Mississippi
Walton v. Walton 2 Abb. Pr. 428 1863 1 New York
Carpenter v. Bowen 42 Miss. 28 1868 1 Mississippi
Rives v. Patty 43 Miss. 338 1870 1 Mississippi
Yandell v. Pugh 53 Miss. 295 1876 1 Mississippi
Weir v. Monahan 67 Miss. 434 1889 1 Mississippi
Stapley v. Stapley 29 Ariz. 487 1926 1 Arizona
Patterson v. Gaines 47 U.S. 550 1848 1 United States
Powell v. Spaulding 3 Greene 443 1852 1 Iowa
Merchants Nat. Bank v. Smith 110 S.C. 458 1918 1 South Carolina
Mosby v. Wall 23 Miss. 81 1851 1 Mississippi
Cummings v. Steele 54 Miss. 647 1877 1 Mississippi
McCarley v. Board of Supervisors 58 Miss. 483 1880 1 Mississippi
Shaw v. Stribling 2 Miss. Dec. 280 1881 1 Mississippi
Heirmann v. Stricklin 60 Miss. 234 1882 1 Mississippi
Perry Nugent & Co. v. Priebatsch 61 Miss. 402 1883 1 Mississippi
Langford v. Weathersby 1 Miss. Dec. 238 1884 1 Mississippi
Chambliss v. Person 77 Miss. 806 1900 1 Mississippi