Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Burton v. Wilmington & Weldon Railroad 84 N.C. 192 1881 1 North Carolina
State v. Nicholson 85 N.C. 548 1881 1 North Carolina
Branton v. O'Briant 93 N.C. 99 1885 1 North Carolina
Estate of Cawley 136 Pa. 628 1890 1 Pennsylvania
Lee v. Williams 111 N.C. 200 1892 1 North Carolina
Burney v. Allen 125 N.C. 314 1899 1 North Carolina
In re Will of Allred 170 N.C. 153 1915 1 North Carolina
In re Will of Deyton 177 N.C. 494 1919 1 North Carolina
Earl v. Mundy 227 S.W. 716 1921 1 Texas
Jones v. Bland 182 N.C. 70 1921 1 North Carolina
In re Will of Fuller 189 N.C. 509 1925 1 North Carolina
In re the Will of Pridgen 249 N.C. 509 1959 1 North Carolina
Riddle v. Roll 24 Ohio St. 572 1874 1 Ohio
Piatt v. N. Longworth's Devisees 27 Ohio St. 159 1875 1 Ohio
Bowers v. Virden 56 Miss. 595 1879 1 Mississippi
Stradley v. King 84 N.C. 635 1881 1 North Carolina
Golson v. Dunlap 73 Cal. 157 1887 1 California
Cole v. Stokes 113 N.C. 270 1893 1 North Carolina
Austin v. Stewart 126 N.C. 525 1900 1 North Carolina
Lyons v. First National Bank 101 Ark. 368 1911 1 Arkansas