Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Foster v. Illinski 3 Ill. App. 345 1879 1 Illinois
Steed v. Hinson 76 Ala. 298 1884 1 Alabama
Wieland v. Oberne 20 Ill. App. 118 1886 1 Illinois
Schneider & Davis v. Ferguson & Son 77 Tex. 572 1890 1 Texas
Kempner v. Jordan 7 Tex. Civ. App. 275 1894 1 Texas
Hodges v. Tennessee Implement Co. 123 Ala. 572 1898 1 Alabama
Bradford v. Bush 10 Ala. 386 1846 1 Alabama
Lester v. Sutton 7 Mich. 329 1859 1 Michigan
First Nat. Bank v. Lartigue 233 Ala. 670 1937 1 Alabama
St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. Johnson 256 Ala. 690 1951 1 Alabama
Nesbitt v. McGehee 26 Ala. 748 1855 1 Alabama
Lowery v. May 213 Ala. 66 1925 1 Alabama
Murphy v. Schuster Springs Lumber Co. 215 Ala. 412 1926 1 Alabama
Merrill v. State 58 Miss. 65 1880 1 Mississippi
Reynolds v. State 68 Ala. 502 1881 1 Alabama
Payne v. State 61 Miss. 161 1883 1 Mississippi
People v. Curtis 52 Mich. 616 1884 1 Michigan
Pulliam v. State 88 Ala. 1 1889 1 Alabama
State v. McCarthy 43 La. Ann. 541 1891 1 Louisiana
Lipscomb v. State 75 Miss. 559 1897 1 Mississippi