Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Blackmon v. Blackmon 16 Ala. 633 1849 1 Alabama
Gentry v. Rogers 40 Ala. 442 1867 1 Alabama
Godwin v. Collins 3 Del. Ch. 189 1868 1 Delaware
Godwin v. Collins 9 Del. 28 1869 1 Delaware
Grogan v. Garrison 27 Ohio St. 50 1875 1 Ohio
Jacobs v. Jacobs 42 Iowa 600 1876 1 Iowa
McLester v. Somerville & McEachin 54 Ala. 670 1875 1 Alabama
Curry v. Curry 17 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 366 1877 1 New York
Moon's Adm'r v. Crowder 72 Ala. 79 1882 1 Alabama
Forwood v. Forwood 86 Ky. 114 1887 1 Kentucky
Alley v. Chase 83 Me. 537 1891 1 Maine
Spurlock v. Brown 91 Tenn. 241 1892 1 Tennessee
Ex parte Barker 127 Ala. 203 1899 1 Alabama
Barker v. Barker 126 Ala. 503 1899 1 Alabama
Dickson v. Wildman 175 F. 580 1910 1 United States
Wood v. Lett 195 Ala. 601 1916 1 Alabama
Moring v. Helms 210 Ala. 175 1923 1 Alabama
General Securities Corp. v. Welton 223 Ala. 299 1931 1 Alabama
Collier v. Tatum 230 Ala. 218 1935 1 Alabama
Niehuss v. Ford 251 Ala. 529 1949 1 Alabama