Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Lester v. Gay 217 Ala. 585 1928 1 Alabama
State v. Morgan 59 Miss. 349 1881 1 Mississippi
Smith, Stewart Co. v. Castellow 88 Ala. 355 1889 1 Alabama
M'Carthy v. O'Marr 19 Mont. 215 1897 1 Montana
Cummins v. Colgin 3 Port. 393 1836 1 Alabama
Posey v. Decatur Bank 12 Ala. 802 1848 1 Alabama
Pipkin v. Hewlett 17 Ala. 291 1850 1 Alabama
Harwell v. Steel 17 Ala. 372 1850 1 Alabama
Aikin v. Bailey 10 Ark. 580 1850 1 Arkansas
Corning v. Ludlum 28 N.J. Eq. 398 1877 1 New Jersey
Rapier v. Gulf City Paper Co. 69 Ala. 476 1881 1 Alabama
Williams v. Mellor 12 Colo. 1 1888 1 Colorado
Jacobs v. Bogart 128 Ala. 678 1900 1 Alabama
Hereford v. Benton 20 Colo. App. 500 1905 1 Colorado
Thompson v. Wilson 56 Ill. App. 159 1894 1 Illinois
Smith v. State 13 Ala. App. 411 1915 1 Alabama
Cook v. Bolling & Son 99 Ala. 455 1892 1 Alabama
Nance v. Gray 143 Ala. 234 1904 1 Alabama
State ex rel. Buchanan County v. Imel 280 Mo. 554 1920 1 Missouri
Melton v. Watkins 24 Ala. 433 1854 1 Alabama