Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Queen v. Westfall 86 W. Va. 298 1920 1 West Virginia
Rickard v. Schley 27 W. Va. 617 1886 1 West Virginia
Caveny v. Asheim 202 Or. 195 1953 1 Oregon
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Dunleavy 129 Ill. 132 1889 1 Illinois
Hall v. Nute 38 N.H. 422 1859 1 New Hampshire
In re Browning 16 R.I. 441 1889 1 Rhode Island
Clopton v. Carloss 42 Ark. 560 1884 1 Arkansas
Helm v. Leggett 66 Ark. 23 1898 1 Arkansas
Mentzer v. Ellison 7 Colo. App. 315 1896 1 Colorado
Fort Leavenworth Railroad v. Lowe 27 Kan. 749 1882 1 Kansas
Lyons v. Yerex 100 Mich. 214 1894 1 Michigan
Gallemore v. Gallemore 115 Mo. App. 179 1905 1 Missouri
Miller v. Crosson 131 Neb. 88 1936 1 Nebraska
Kearney v. Kearney 17 N.J. Eq. 59 1864 1 New Jersey
Brenner v. Alexander 16 Or. 349 1888 1 Oregon
Chesnutt v. Frazier 65 Tenn. 217 1873 1 Tennessee
Merchant v. Preston 69 Tenn. 280 1878 1 Tennessee
Harn v. Phelps 65 Tex. 592 1886 1 Texas
Hendricks v. Temple 101 S.C. 418 1915 1 South Carolina
Yates's Estate 4 Pa. D. & C. 569 1924 1 Pennsylvania