Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Thompson v. Thompson 33 S.C.L. 48 1847 1 South Carolina
Wright v. Wright 198 N.C. 754 1930 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Planters Bank 20 Tenn. 77 1839 1 Tennessee
Allen v. Allen 41 N.C. 293 1849 1 North Carolina
Burgin v. Burgin 82 N.C. 196 1880 1 North Carolina
Horn v. Keteltas 46 N.Y. 605 1871 1 New York
Alstin v. Cundiff 52 Tex. 453 1880 1 Texas
Husheon v. Husheon 71 Cal. 407 1886 1 California
Farmers' Bank of Fairmont v. Gould 42 W. Va. 132 1896 1 West Virginia
Hamilton v. Hamer 99 S.C. 31 1914 1 South Carolina
Schneider v. Daniel 191 Ind. 59 1921 1 Indiana
Williams v. Joines 228 N.C. 141 1947 1 North Carolina
Montague Bros. v. W. C. Shepherd Co. 231 N.C. 551 1950 1 North Carolina
Sheffield v. Walker 231 N.C. 556 1950 1 North Carolina
Den ex dem. Paul v. Ward 15 N.C. 247 1833 1 North Carolina
Bullock v. Crouch 243 N.C. 40 1955 1 North Carolina
State v. Dixon 75 N.C. 275 1876 1 North Carolina
Storey v. State 71 Ala. 329 1882 1 Alabama
State v. Vines 93 N.C. 493 1885 1 North Carolina
Benham v. Vernon 16 D.C. 18 1886 1 District of Columbia