Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bailey v. State 4 Ohio St. 441 1854 1 Ohio
Kaufman v. Caughman 49 S.C. 159 1897 1 South Carolina
Wells v. Petree 39 Tex. 419 1873 1 Texas
Lewis v. Ames 44 Tex. 319 1875 1 Texas
Routh v. Routh 57 Tex. 589 1882 1 Texas
Barkley v. Dumke 99 Tex. 150 1905 1 Texas
Smith v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 183 Pa. 504 1898 1 Pennsylvania
Straw v. Jenks 6 Dakota 414 1889 1 Dakota Territory
Ritter v. Mutual Life Insurance 169 U.S. 139 1898 1 United States
Patterson v. Natural Premium Mutual Life Insurance 100 Wis. 118 1898 1 Wisconsin
Keatley ex rel. Nixon v. Travelers' Insurance 187 Pa. 197 1898 1 Pennsylvania
Hart v. Modern Woodmen of America 60 Kan. 678 1899 1 Kansas
Sheehan v. Rosen 12 Pa. Super. 298 1900 1 Pennsylvania
Langdon v. Lockett 6 Ala. 727 1844 1 Alabama
Hayden v. Thrasher 20 Fla. 715 1884 1 Florida
Garnett v. Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Halifax River Railway Co. 20 Fla. 889 1884 1 Florida
John V. Farwell Co. v. Wright 38 Neb. 445 1893 1 Nebraska
Cartwright v. McGown 121 Ill. 388 1887 1 Illinois
State v. Gilkie 35 La. Ann. 53 1883 1 Louisiana
State v. McCradit 149 La. 825 1921 1 Louisiana