Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Davenport 2 Mills Surr. 534 1902 1 New York
Freeman's Estate 227 Pa. 154 1910 1 Pennsylvania
Adams v. New York Life Insurance Co. 158 Mo. App. 564 1911 1 Missouri
Oakland Railroad v. Oakland, Brooklyn, & Fruit Vale Railroad 45 Cal. 365 1873 1 California
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad v. Allen 15 Fla. 637 1876 1 Florida
Hatcher v. Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad 62 Ill. 477 1872 1 Illinois
New Central Coal Co. v. George’s Creek Coal & Iron Co. 37 Md. 537 1873 1 Maryland
Potter v. McDowell 31 Mo. 62 1860 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Holliday v. Benoist 37 Mo. 500 1866 1 Missouri
Thomason v. Neeley 50 Miss. 310 1874 1 Mississippi
McAllister v. Plant 54 Miss. 106 1876 1 Mississippi
Eldridge, Dunham & Co. v. Phillipson 58 Miss. 270 1880 1 Mississippi
Mattison v. Judd 59 Miss. 99 1881 1 Mississippi
Wilkinson v. Bauerle 41 N.J. Eq. 635 1886 1 New Jersey
Hoyle v. Plattsburgh & Montreal Railroad 51 Barb. 45 1868 1 New York
Carpenter v. Black Hawk Gold Mining Co. 65 N.Y. 43 1875 1 New York
Lang v. Dougherty 74 Tex. 226 1889 1 Texas
Bean v. Fisher 14 Wis. 57 1861 1 Wisconsin
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. v. Fisher 17 Wis. 114 1863 1 Wisconsin
Buncombe County Commissioners v. Tommey 115 U.S. 122 1885 1 United States