Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Janes v. Jenkins 34 Md. 1 1871 1 Maryland
Argenbright v. Campbell 13 Va. 144 1808 1 Virginia
Rain v. Roper 15 Fla. 121 1875 1 Florida
Padfield v. Padfield 92 Ill. 198 1879 1 Illinois
Baltimore Permanent Building & Land Society v. Smith 54 Md. 187 1880 1 Maryland
Withers v. Jenkins 14 S.C. 597 1881 1 South Carolina
Baltimore & Drum Point Railroad v. Pumphrey 74 Md. 86 1891 1 Maryland
Fairey v. Strange 112 S.C. 155 1919 1 South Carolina
Rohn v. Leach 24 Ohio N.P. (n.s.) 459 1922 1 Ohio
Wampler v. Wolfinger 13 Md. 337 1859 1 Maryland
Bowie v. Ghiselin 30 Md. 553 1869 1 Maryland
Jeffreys v. Coleman 20 Fla. 536 1884 1 Florida
Yancey v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. 96 Ga. App. 476 1957 1 Georgia
Wilcox v. Dodge 12 Ill. App. 517 1883 1 Illinois
Walsh v. Murphy 167 Ill. 228 1897 1 Illinois
Judge v. Braswell 76 Ky. 67 1877 1 Kentucky
Commonwealth v. Hawkins 83 Ky. 246 1885 1 Kentucky
See v. Norris 234 Mass. 345 1920 1 Massachusetts
Bank of Morton v. Ethridge & Hardee 112 Miss. 208 1916 1 Mississippi
City of Elizabeth v. Force 29 N.J. Eq. 587 1878 1 New Jersey