Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Havens v. Potts 86 N.C. 31 1882 1 North Carolina
Fleming v. Yost 137 Ind. 95 1894 1 Indiana
George v. Goldsby 23 Ala. 326 1853 1 Alabama
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Stone v. Wilson 51 Va. 529 1853 1 Virginia
Arms v. City of Knoxville 32 Ill. App. 604 1889 1 Illinois
James v. Gibbs 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 277 1855 1 Virginia
Birmingham Water Works Co. v. Hume 121 Ala. 168 1898 1 Alabama
Estate of Seibert 4 Pa. Super. 514 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Becton v. Alexander 27 Tex. 659 1864 1 Texas
In re Estate of Adams 183 Pa. 134 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Smith v. Blachley 188 Pa. 550 1898 1 Pennsylvania
Smith v. Blachley 198 Pa. 173 1901 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Folz 23 Pa. Super. 558 1903 1 Pennsylvania
Coe v. Sloan 16 Idaho 49 1909 1 Idaho
City of Salem ex rel. Roney v. Young 142 Mo. App. 160 1910 1 Missouri
Strickler v. McElroy 40 Pa. Super. 277 1909 1 Pennsylvania
Pierson v. Robb 4 Ill. 139 1841 1 Illinois
Talcott v. Dudley 5 Ill. 427 1843 1 Illinois
City of New Orleans v. White 143 La. 487 1918 1 Louisiana