Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Van Zandt v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance 55 N.Y. 169 1873 1 New York
Pierce v. Travelers' Life Insurance Co. 34 Wis. 389 1874 1 Wisconsin
Moore v. Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. 17 F. Cas. 672 1874 1 United States
Co-operative Life Ass'n v. Leflore 53 Miss. 1 1876 1 Mississippi
Adkins v. Columbia Life Insurance Co. 70 Mo. 27 1879 1 Missouri
Supreme Commandery of the Knights of the Golden Rule v. Ainsworth 71 Ala. 436 1882 1 Alabama
Smaltz v. Ryan 112 Pa. 423 1886 1 Pennsylvania
Northwestern Benevolent & Mutual Aid Ass'n v. Hall 118 Ill. 169 1886 1 Illinois
Northwestern Benevolent & Mutual Aid Ass'n v. Cain 21 Ill. App. 471 1886 1 Illinois
Claiborne v. Holmes 51 Miss. 146 1875 1 Mississippi
Gallaher v. State 40 Tex. Crim. 296 1899 1 Texas
Hecht v. Boughton 2 Wyo. 368 1881 1 Wyoming
Crawford v. Ryan 5 Sadler 212 1887 1 Pennsylvania
Dushane v. Benedict 120 U.S. 630 1887 1 United States
Phenix Insurance v. Fulton 80 Ga. 224 1887 1 Georgia
U. B. Mutual Aid Soc. v. O'Hara 120 Pa. 256 1888 1 Pennsylvania
Long v. Rhoads 126 Pa. 378 1889 1 Pennsylvania
McKee v. Susq. Mut. F. Ins. 135 Pa. 544 1890 1 Pennsylvania
First Congregational Church v. Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance 158 Mass. 475 1893 1 Massachusetts
Gran v. Spangenberg 53 Minn. 42 1893 1 Minnesota