Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Perry v. Chester 12 Abb. Pr. 131 1872 1 New York
Wellington v. Heermans 110 Ill. 564 1884 1 Illinois
Appeal, Karchner v. Hoy 151 Pa. 383 1892 1 Pennsylvania
In re Estate of Keller 1 Foster 189 1873 1 Pennsylvania
Harris v. Harris' Ex'or 64 Va. 737 1873 1 Virginia
Watkins v. Young 72 Va. 84 1878 1 Virginia
Davis v. Ellis 39 W. Va. 226 1894 1 West Virginia
Brashear v. Shepherd 2 Ky. 249 1803 1 Kentucky
Ellett v. Vaughan 10 Va. 77 1806 1 Virginia
Kirtley v. Deck 13 Va. 388 1809 1 Virginia
Moore v. Mauro 25 Va. 488 1826 1 Virginia
Terrill v. Boulware 24 Mo. 254 1857 1 Missouri
Baylor v. B. & O. R. R. 9 W. Va. 270 1876 1 West Virginia
First National Bank of Wellsburg v. Kimberlands 16 W. Va. 555 1880 1 West Virginia
Forsyth v. Heward 41 Nev. 305 1918 1 Nevada
Succession of Sullivan 178 La. 230 1933 1 Louisiana
Succession of Sullivan 151 So. 190 1933 1 Louisiana
Succession of Ryan 228 La. 447 1955 1 Louisiana
In re the Succession of Ryan 82 So. 2d 759 1955 1 Louisiana
Bowman v. Ware 17 La. 597 1841 1 Louisiana