Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Coahoma County v. Brown 58 Miss. 835 1881 1 Mississippi
Torrent v. Hamilton 95 Mich. 159 1893 1 Michigan
Browne v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland 98 Tex. 55 1904 1 Texas
Whitlock v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad 91 Miss. 779 1907 1 Mississippi
Roberts v. Burwell 117 Miss. 451 1918 1 Mississippi
Thompson, Lampkin & Co. v. Tillotson 56 Miss. 36 1878 1 Mississippi
Robertson v. Sullivan 31 Minn. 197 1883 1 Minnesota
Smith v. Smith 19 Neb. 706 1886 1 Nebraska
Wood v. Wood 54 Ark. 172 1891 1 Arkansas
In re Zerega's Will 1 Pow. Surr. 209 1892 1 New York
Chambers v. Prince 75 F. 176 1896 1 United States
Coleman v. Territory of Oklahoma 5 Okla. 201 1897 1 Oklahoma
McPherson's Administrator v. McPherson 70 Mo. App. 330 1897 1 Missouri
Duffy v. Harris 65 Ark. 251 1898 1 Arkansas
Howland v. Granger 22 R.I. 1 1900 1 Rhode Island
Walker v. Williams 84 Miss. 392 1904 1 Mississippi
Donaldson v. State ex rel. Taylor 167 Ind. 553 1906 1 Indiana
Gilmore v. Brown 93 Miss. 63 1908 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Stannard 81 Vt. 319 1908 1 Vermont
Harris v. Ray 107 Ark. 281 1913 1 Arkansas