Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Goldsby v. Goldsby’s Adm’r 38 Ala. 404 1862 0 Will & trust Alabama
Selser v. Ferriday 21 Miss. 698 1850 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Merrill v. Moore's Heirs 8 Miss. 271 1843 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Bullock v. Ferguson 30 Ala. 227 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 686 1855 0 Will & trust District Court, E.D. PA.
Menifee's Ad'rs v. Menifee 8 Ark. 9 1847 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Jay v. Stein 49 Ala. 514 1873 0 Will & trust Alabama
Golding v. Golding's Adm'r 24 Ala. 122 1854 0 Will & trust Alabama
Cameron v. Cameron 18 Miss. 394 1848 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Paxson v. Lefferts 3 Rawle 59 1831 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Gerald v. Bunkley 17 Ala. 170 1850 0 Will & trust Alabama
Ashley's Adm'r v. Robinson 29 Ala. 112 1856 0 Will & trust Alabama
State v. Beaver 1 N.J.L. 94 1791 Will & trust New Jersey
Gamble v. Dabney 20 Tex. 69 1857 1 Will & trust Texas
Campbell v. Campbell 13 Ark. 513 1853 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Henderson v. Renfro 31 Ala. 101 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
Scott v. Price 2 Serg. & Rawle 59 1815 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
In re Omohundro's Estate 2 Brewst. 298 1870 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Bentley v. Cummins 9 Ark. 487 1849 0 Will & trust Arkansas