Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cates v. Cates 268 Ala. 6 1958 1 Alabama
Mathis v. Thurman 143 Ala. 558 1904 1 Alabama
Foster v. Crittenden 28 Ala. App. 154 1938 1 Alabama
Mandlebaum v. McDonell 29 Mich. 78 1874 1 Michigan
Washbon v. Cope 144 N.Y. 287 1895 1 New York
Green v. Green 56 S.C. 193 1899 1 South Carolina
Moody v. Bibb 50 Ala. 245 1874 1 Alabama
Westmoreland v. Birmingham Trust & Savings Bank 214 Ala. 593 1926 1 Alabama
Pinckard v. Ledyard 251 Ala. 648 1949 1 Alabama
Saunders v. Hendrix 5 Ala. 224 1843 1 Alabama
Merrill v. Smith 12 Ala. 569 1847 1 Alabama
Egleston v. Knickerbacker 6 Barb. 458 1849 1 New York
Murrah v. Branch Bank at Decatur 20 Ala. 392 1852 1 Alabama
Hendrickson v. Beers 19 N.Y. Super. Ct. 639 1860 1 New York
Mobile Life Insurance v. Pruett 74 Ala. 487 1883 1 Alabama
Bomar v. Rosser 131 Ala. 215 1901 1 Alabama
Peters v. Pilcher 211 Ala. 548 1924 1 Alabama
Harbin v. Nations 214 Ala. 649 1926 1 Alabama
Godwin v. Hooper 45 Ala. 613 1871 1 Alabama
Cogburn v. McQueen 46 Ala. 551 1871 1 Alabama