Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
American Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Emerson 12 Miss. 177 1845 1 Mississippi
Land v. Williams 20 Miss. 362 1849 1 Mississippi
Walker v. Stetson 14 Ohio St. 89 1862 1 Ohio
Boyd v. Orton 16 Wis. 495 1863 1 Wisconsin
M. Hiller & Co. v. J. R. Cotton & Co. 48 Miss. 593 1873 1 Mississippi
Stiles v. Inman 55 Miss. 469 1877 1 Mississippi
Riggs v. Hatch 16 F. 838 1883 1 United States
Bank of Commerce v. Chambers 14 Mo. App. 152 1883 1 Missouri
Miller v. Trustees of Jeffesson College 13 Miss. 651 1846 1 Mississippi
Scott v. Searles 15 Miss. 498 1846 1 Mississippi
Wiswell v. Baxter 20 Wis. 680 1866 1 Wisconsin
McLeod v. First National Bank 42 Miss. 99 1868 1 Mississippi
Thomasson v. Brown 43 Ind. 203 1873 1 Indiana
Jones v. Foster 50 Miss. 47 1874 1 Mississippi
Ehlers v. Elder 51 Miss. 495 1875 1 Mississippi
Chapman v. Lee 64 Ala. 483 1879 1 Alabama
W. N. Wilkerson & Co. v. Dockery 2 Miss. Dec. 50 1882 1 Mississippi
Harbison v. James 90 Mo. 411 1886 1 Missouri
Jelke v. Goldsmith 52 Ohio St. 499 1895 1 Ohio
Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works 93 U.S. 664 1876 1 United States