Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ballinger v. Edwards 39 N.C. 449 1847 1 North Carolina
Saltmarsh v. Tuthill 13 Ala. 390 1848 1 Alabama
Beard v. Bingham 76 N.C. 285 1877 1 North Carolina
Tate v. Tate 21 N.C. 20 1834 1 North Carolina
Walker v. Coltraine 41 N.C. 79 1849 1 North Carolina
Thomas v. Thomas 32 N.C. 123 1849 1 North Carolina
Tyson v. Harrington 41 N.C. 329 1849 1 North Carolina
Clark v. Edney 28 N.C. 50 1845 1 North Carolina
Ward v. Turner 42 N.C. 73 1850 1 North Carolina
Hafner v. Irwin 23 N.C. 490 1841 1 North Carolina
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Mauran v. Lamb 7 Cow. 174 1827 1 New York
Den ex dem. Harper v. Burrow 28 N.C. 30 1845 1 North Carolina
Hice v. Cox 34 N.C. 315 1851 1 North Carolina
Downey v. Murphey 18 N.C. 82 1834 1 North Carolina
State v. Johnston 82 N.C. 589 1880 1 North Carolina
State v. Garland 95 N.C. 671 1886 1 North Carolina
Nixon v. McKinney 105 N.C. 23 1890 1 North Carolina
State v. Holly 155 N.C. 485 1911 1 North Carolina
Sternberg v. Crohon & Roden Co. 172 N.C. 731 1916 1 North Carolina