Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hollyday v. Hollyday 74 Md. 458 1891 1 Maryland
Joynes v. Hamilton 98 Md. 665 1904 1 Maryland
Syfer v. Dolby 182 Md. 139 1943 1 Maryland
Pfeltz v. Pfeltz 14 Md. 376 1859 1 Maryland
Bird v. Earle & Perkins 15 Fla. 447 1875 1 Florida
Roach v. Lessee of Martin 1 Del. 548 1835 1 Delaware
Lehmann v. Rothbarth 111 Ill. 185 1884 1 Illinois
Simpson v. Dugger 88 Va. 963 1892 1 Virginia
Thornton v. Gilman 67 N.H. 392 1892 1 New Hampshire
Ela v. Ela 158 Mass. 54 1893 1 Massachusetts
Hopkins v. Erskine 118 Me. 276 1919 1 Maine
Cloud v. Needles 6 Md. 501 1854 1 Maryland
Cumberland Coal & Iron Co. v. Scally 27 Md. 589 1867 1 Maryland
Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad v. State ex rel. Fazenbaker 37 Md. 156 1872 1 Maryland
Maryland Steel Co. v. Engleman 101 Md. 661 1905 1 Maryland
Eastern Shore Brokerage & Commission Co. v. Messenger 143 Md. 221 1923 1 Maryland
Hesson v. Hesson 14 Md. 8 1859 1 Maryland
Levering v. Levering 64 Md. 399 1885 1 Maryland
Say v. Hodgin 20 Idaho 64 1911 1 Idaho
Pelella v. Pelella 13 Misc. 2d 260 1958 1 New York