Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Miller v. Clark 56 Mich. 337 1885 1 Michigan
Ryall v. Prince 82 Ala. 264 1886 1 Alabama
Cooper v. Davison 86 Ala. 367 1888 1 Alabama
Echols v. Hubbard 90 Ala. 309 1890 1 Alabama
Knight v. Knight 103 Ala. 484 1893 1 Alabama
Wooten v. Steele 98 Ala. 252 1893 1 Alabama
Griffin v. Warburton 23 Wash. 231 1900 1 Washington
Sommer v. Franklin Bank 108 Mo. App. 490 1904 1 Missouri
Pettit v. Gibson 201 Ala. 177 1917 1 Alabama
Arendale v. Washington 213 Ala. 23 1925 1 Alabama
Byrd v. Ætna Life Ins. 25 Ala. App. 318 1933 1 Alabama
Peterson v. Haugen 62 S.D. 421 1934 1 South Dakota
Love v. Rennie 254 Ala. 382 1950 1 Alabama
Tankersley v. Tankersley 270 Ala. 571 1960 1 Alabama
Elliott v. Lochnane 1 Kan. 126 1862 1 Kansas
Warren v. Slade 23 Mich. 1 1871 1 Michigan
Dowell v. Vinton 1 White & W. 140 1877 1 Texas
Savage v. State 18 Fla. 970 1882 1 Florida
Arrowsmith v. Hamering 39 Ohio St. 573 1883 1 Ohio
State v. Beasley 21 W. Va. 777 1883 1 West Virginia