Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lett v. Emmett 37 N.J. Eq. 535 1883 1 New Jersey
Scoville v. Brock 75 Vt. 243 1903 1 Vermont
Goff v. Goff 60 W. Va. 9 1906 1 West Virginia
Justices of the Inferior Court ex rel. Selman v. Selman 6 Ga. 432 1849 1 Georgia
Harman v. Howe 68 Va. 676 1876 1 Virginia
South Branch Railway Co. v. Long 26 W. Va. 692 1885 1 West Virginia
Auditor of Public Accounts ex rel. Commonwealth v. Nicholas 16 Va. 31 1811 1 Virginia
Donally v. Ginatt's Adm'r 32 Va. 359 1834 1 Virginia
McFarland's Administrators v. Clark 39 Ky. 134 1839 1 Kentucky
Bourdon v. Mason 5 Ark. 256 1843 1 Arkansas
Nuckols's Adm'r v. Jones 49 Va. 267 1851 1 Virginia
Slack v. Wood 50 Va. 40 1852 1 Virginia
Sperry v. Gibson 3 W. Va. 522 1869 1 West Virginia
Zickefoose v. Kuykendall 12 W. Va. 23 1877 1 West Virginia
Louisville Bolt & Iron Co. v. Hart 122 Ky. 731 1906 1 Kentucky
Vertner v. McMurran 1 Freem. Ch. 136 1844 1 Mississippi
Archer v. Archer's Adm'r 49 Va. 539 1852 1 Virginia
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Whittle's Adm'r 54 Va. 329 1856 1 Virginia
Creech v. Capitol Mack, Inc. 287 So. 2d 497 1973 1 Louisiana
Green's Administratrix v. Creighton 64 U.S. 90 1859 1 United States