Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hatch v. Hatch's Estate 60 Vt. 160 1887 1 Vermont
Bedford v. Bedford 136 Ill. 354 1891 1 Illinois
In re Estates of Beisel 110 Cal. 267 1895 1 California
Spink v. Spink 18 Ohio C.C. Dec. 94 1905 1 Ohio
Harris v. Lyon 16 Ariz. 1 1914 1 Arizona
Cowdrey v. Hitchcock 103 Ill. 262 1882 1 Illinois
Cohea v. Jemison 68 Miss. 510 1891 1 Mississippi
Winborn v. Gorrell 38 N.C. 117 1843 1 North Carolina
Bulkley v. Devine 27 Ill. App. 145 1888 1 Illinois
Weiland v. Townsend 33 N.J. Eq. 393 1881 1 New Jersey
Geiger v. Kaigler 15 S.C. 262 1881 1 South Carolina
Brown v. Rogers 80 S.C. 289 1908 1 South Carolina
Scheffer v. Chron 560 S.W.2d 419 1977 1 Texas
Moses v. United States 166 U.S. 571 1897 1 United States
Michigan Trust Co. v. Ferry 228 U.S. 346 1913 1 United States
American Surety Co. v. Hayden 112 Fla. 17 1933 1 Florida
Nicholas v. Cohn 255 F.2d 301 1958 1 United States
Flint v. Phipps 16 Or. 437 1888 1 Oregon
Booco v. Mansfield 66 Ohio St. 121 1902 1 Ohio
Haughey v. Heaney 89 Fla. 102 1925 1 Florida