Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Medley v. Dunlap 90 N.C. 527 1884 1 North Carolina
Syme v. Badger 92 N.C. 706 1885 1 North Carolina
Efland v. Efland 96 N.C. 488 1887 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Ingram 130 N.C. 100 1902 1 North Carolina
Jones v. Layne 144 N.C. 600 1907 1 North Carolina
Kaufman v. Cooper 39 Mont. 146 1909 1 Montana
Thomas v. Woods 173 F. 585 1909 1 United States
Martin v. Battey 87 Kan. 582 1912 1 Kansas
Ehler v. Ehler 214 Iowa 789 1932 1 Iowa
Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. Watkins 215 N.C. 292 1939 1 North Carolina
Coble v. Coble 227 N.C. 547 1947 1 North Carolina
Gordon v. Pendleton 84 N.C. 98 1881 1 North Carolina
Harkness v. Harkey 91 N.C. 195 1884 1 North Carolina
Vaughan v. Town of Murfreesboro 96 N.C. 317 1887 1 North Carolina
Frear v. Ross 140 Cal. 282 1903 1 California
Moore v. Edmiston 70 N.C. 510 1874 1 North Carolina
State v. Jenkins 85 N.C. 544 1881 1 North Carolina
Roberts v. Bosworth 95 N.Y.S. 239 1905 1 New York
Lewis v. Corbin 195 Mass. 520 1907 1 Massachusetts
Gray v. Parks 94 Ark. 39 1910 1 Arkansas