Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ellington v. Ellington 29 Tex. 2 1867 1 Texas
Swinney, Green & Co. v. Booth 28 Tex. 113 1866 1 Texas
Scoby v. Sweatt 28 Tex. 713 1866 1 Texas
Graves v. Hall 27 Tex. 148 1863 1 Texas
Ferguson v. Ferguson 27 Tex. 339 1864 1 Texas
Munson v. Hallowell 26 Tex. 475 1863 1 Texas
Boulware v. Hendricks 23 Tex. 667 1859 1 Texas
Callihan v. Johnson 22 Tex. 596 1858 1 Texas
O'Brien v. Hilburn 22 Tex. 616 1858 1 Texas
Williams v. Ingram 21 Tex. 300 1858 1 Texas
Hillard v. Frantz 21 Tex. 192 1858 1 Texas
Sanders v. Devereux 25 Supp. Tex. 1 1860 1 Texas
McIntyre v. Chappell 4 Tex. 94 1849 1 Recovery for slaves Texas
Hedgecock Builders Supply Co. of Greensboro v. White 92 N.C. App. 535 1989 1 North Carolina
Johnson's Adm'r v. Johnson 32 Ala. 637 1858 1 Alabama
Nightingale v. Hidden 7 R.I. 115 1862 1 Rhode Island
Perdue v. Montgomery Building & Loan Ass'n 79 Ala. 478 1885 1 Alabama
McKenzie v. Sumner 114 N.C. 425 1894 1 North Carolina
Zeust v. Staffan 14 App. D.C. 200 1899 1 District of Columbia
Shuttleworth v. Dunlop 34 N.J. Eq. 488 1881 1 New Jersey