Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Wells v. Lewis 190 Ky. 626 1921 1 Kentucky
Newton v. Newton 182 N.C. 54 1921 1 North Carolina
In re Last Will & Testament of Southerland 188 N.C. 325 1924 1 North Carolina
Gooding v. Pope 194 N.C. 403 1927 1 North Carolina
In re the Will of Rowland 206 N.C. 456 1934 1 North Carolina
Rountree v. Rountree 213 N.C. 252 1938 1 North Carolina
In re the Will of Gatling 234 N.C. 561 1951 1 North Carolina
Kingman Plow Co. v. Knowlton 143 Iowa 25 1909 1 Iowa
Union Trust Co. v. Curtis 182 Ind. 61 1914 1 Indiana
Brewster's Administratrix v. Sterrett 32 Pa. 115 1858 1 Pennsylvania
Breitenbach v. Houtz 35 Pa. 153 1860 1 Pennsylvania
North America Building Ass'n v. Sutton 35 Pa. 463 1860 1 Pennsylvania
Swanzey v. Parker 50 Pa. 441 1865 1 Pennsylvania
Garwood v. Garwood 29 Cal. 514 1866 1 California
Kneib v. Graves 72 Pa. 104 1872 1 Pennsylvania
Wilkins v. Ordway 59 N.H. 378 1879 1 New Hampshire
Sarah v. Read 102 Ill. 596 1882 1 Illinois
Louisville, N. A. & C. Ry. Co. v. Carson 66 Ill. App. 262 1896 1 Illinois
Williams v. McKeand 119 Mich. 507 1899 1 Michigan
Brown v. Hamilton 135 N.C. 10 1904 1 North Carolina