Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Guaranty Estates Corp. 239 N.C. 595 1954 1 North Carolina
Bond v. McNider 25 N.C. 440 1843 1 North Carolina
Rollins v. Henry 84 N.C. 569 1881 1 North Carolina
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
In re Thomas 111 N.C. 409 1892 1 North Carolina
Cutler v. Cutler 130 N.C. 1 1902 1 North Carolina
Leard v. Askew 28 Okla. 300 1911 1 Oklahoma
In re Will of Wellborn 165 N.C. 636 1914 1 North Carolina
In re Last Will & Testament of Love 186 N.C. 714 1923 1 North Carolina
Flanders v. White 142 Or. 375 1933 1 Oregon
Stroud v. Casey 25 Tex. 740 1860 1 Texas
Dixon v. Dixon 81 N.C. 323 1879 1 North Carolina
Love v. Smathers 82 N.C. 369 1880 1 North Carolina
Vaiden v. Hawkins 59 Miss. 406 1882 1 Mississippi
Wetherell v. Gorman 73 N.C. 380 1875 1 North Carolina
Staples v. D'Wolf 8 R.I. 74 1864 1 Rhode Island
Fountain County Coal & Mining Co. v. Beckleheimer 102 Ind. 76 1885 1 Indiana
Tyson v. Tyson 100 N.C. 360 1888 1 North Carolina
Conger v. Lowe 124 Ind. 368 1890 1 Indiana
Wheeler v. Knupp 203 N.W.2d 213 1972 1 Iowa