Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hamilton v. Smith 57 Iowa 15 1881 1 Iowa
Jones v. Jones 64 Wis. 301 1885 1 Wisconsin
Way v. Way 67 Wis. 662 1887 1 Wisconsin
Jones v. Somerville 78 Miss. 269 1900 1 Mississippi
Provart v. Harris 150 Ill. 40 1894 1 Illinois
Rodemeier v. Brown 169 Ill. 347 1897 1 Illinois
Wetherington v. Williams 134 N.C. 276 1904 1 North Carolina
Fortune v. Hunt 149 N.C. 358 1908 1 North Carolina
Barnes v. Aycock 219 N.C. 360 1941 1 North Carolina
Kader Biggs & Co. v. Brickell 68 N.C. 239 1873 1 North Carolina
Draper v. J. A. Buxton & Co. 90 N.C. 182 1884 1 North Carolina
Debnam v. Watkins 178 N.C. 238 1919 1 North Carolina
Ft. Smith, Subiaco & Rock Island Railroad v. Lovelady 150 Ark. 508 1921 1 Arkansas
Williams v. Perkins 192 N.C. 175 1926 1 North Carolina
Citizens Bank of Marshall v. Gahagan 213 N.C. 511 1938 1 North Carolina
Michael v. City of St. Louis 112 Mo. 610 1892 1 Missouri
Blackman v. State 36 Ala. 295 1860 1 Alabama
North American Insurance v. Yates 116 Ill. App. 217 1904 1 Illinois
Doe on Demise of Lenoir v. South 32 N.C. 237 1849 1 North Carolina
Cox v. First National Bank of Wilson 119 N.C. 302 1896 1 North Carolina