Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Prince v. Prince 188 Ala. 559 1914 1 Alabama
Jackson v. State 17 Ala. App. 197 1919 1 Alabama
Merry v. Fremon 44 Mo. 518 1869 1 Missouri
Lide v. Parker's Executor 60 Ala. 165 1877 1 Alabama
Lehman v. Meyer 67 Ala. 396 1880 1 Alabama
Battle v. Reid 68 Ala. 149 1880 1 Alabama
Sharp v. Sharp 76 Ala. 312 1884 1 Alabama
Davis v. Stovall & Brother 185 Ala. 173 1914 1 Alabama
Hays v. McCarty 239 Ala. 400 1940 1 Alabama
Ross v. Ross 21 Ala. 322 1852 1 Alabama
Rolston v. Langdon 26 Ala. 660 1855 1 Alabama
Partridge v. Forsyth 29 Ala. 200 1856 1 Alabama
Bates' Adm'r v. Bates 33 Ala. 102 1858 1 Alabama
Strong v. Gatlin's Adm'r 35 Ala. 607 1860 1 Alabama
Strickland's Adm'r v. Walker 37 Ala. 385 1861 1 Alabama
Sutherlin v. Roberts 4 Or. 378 1873 1 Oregon
Smith v. State 88 Ala. 23 1889 1 Alabama
Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Perkins 144 Ala. 325 1905 1 Alabama
Pettus v. Rawls 131 Ark. 125 1917 1 Arkansas
Harrison v. Mason 29 Ala. App. 64 1939 1 Alabama