Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
M'Carrol's Lessee v. Weeks 6 Tenn. 246 1814 1 Tennessee
Jordan v. James 10 N.C. 110 1824 1 North Carolina
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
Glover v. Holman 50 Tenn. 519 1871 1 Tennessee
McPherson v. McPherson 33 N.C. 391 1850 1 North Carolina
Savage v. Lee 90 N.C. 320 1884 1 North Carolina
In re Guardianship of Dixon 156 N.C. 26 1911 1 North Carolina
Booraem v. North Hudson County Railway Co. 44 N.J. Eq. 70 1888 1 New Jersey
Greenburg v. Early 4 Misc. 99 1893 1 New York
Greenburg v. Early 30 Abb.N. Cas. 300 1893 1 New York
Greenburg v. Early 53 N.Y. St. Rep. 130 1893 1 New York
State v. Suggs 89 N.C. 527 1883 1 North Carolina
State v. Bass 280 N.C. 435 1972 1 North Carolina
State v. Means 175 N.C. 820 1918 1 North Carolina
Hadley v. Nash 69 N.C. 162 1873 1 North Carolina
Slattery v. Jones 96 Mo. 216 1888 1 Missouri
M'Donald vs. M'Donald 16 Tenn. 145 1835 1 Tennessee
Bohr v. Steamboat Baton Rouge 15 Miss. 715 1846 1 Mississippi
Branch v. Makeig 9 Tex. Civ. App. 399 1895 1 Texas
Zerby v. Wilson 3 Ohio 42 1827 1 Ohio