Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Burbridge v. Seely, Morly & Co. 1 Wright 359 1883 1 Ohio
State ex rel. Johnson v. Johnson 28 W. Va. 56 1886 1 West Virginia
Ransier v. Hyndman 18 N.D. 197 1909 1 North Dakota
Ritchie v. Dorland 6 Cal. 33 1856 1 California
Surber's Adm'r v. McClintic 10 W. Va. 236 1877 1 West Virginia
Fuselier's Heirs v. Masse's Heirs 19 La. 329 1841 1 Louisiana
In re Estate of Renton 3 Coffey 519 1892 1 California
Pennsylvania Railroad v. Bruner 55 Pa. 318 1867 1 Pennsylvania
Brown v. People 17 Mich. 429 1868 1 Michigan
Payne v. Commonwealth 72 Va. 855 1878 1 Virginia
McKay v. Ohio River Railroad 34 W. Va. 65 1890 1 West Virginia
Edgar v. Donnally 16 Va. 388 1811 1 Virginia
Spencer v. Wilson 18 Va. 130 1814 1 Virginia
West's Executor v. Logwood 20 Va. 491 1820 1 Virginia
Pierpont v. Fowle 19 F. Cas. 652 1846 1 United States
Cream City Railroad v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. 63 Wis. 93 1885 1 Wisconsin
Peter v. Cocke 1 Va. 257 1794 1 Virginia
Beale v. Wilson 18 Va. 380 1815 1 Virginia
Williams v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad 22 Kan. 117 1879 1 Kansas
Turpin v. Turpin 1 Va. 75 1792 1 Virginia