Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Pryor v. Adams 5 Va. 382 1798 1 Virginia
Kennedy's Heirs v. Kennedy's Heirs 2 Ala. 624 1841 1 Alabama
Magill v. Manson 61 Va. 527 1871 1 Virginia
Jarrett v. Jarrett 11 W. Va. 584 1877 1 West Virginia
Welfley v. Shenandoah I., L., M. & M. Co. 83 Va. 768 1887 1 Virginia
Edichal Bullion Co. v. Columbia Gold Mining Co. 87 Va. 641 1891 1 Virginia
Smith v. Lowther 35 W. Va. 300 1891 1 West Virginia
Whitecraft v. Vanderver 12 Ill. 235 1850 1 Illinois
Cassell v. Williams 12 Ill. 387 1851 1 Illinois
Blair v. Parker 4 Ill. App. 409 1879 1 Illinois
Van Wyck v. Seward 18 Wend. 198 1837 1 New York
Peterson v. Oleson 47 Wis. 122 1879 1 Wisconsin
Goodwin v. Miller 16 Va. 42 1811 1 Virginia
Peterson v. Brown 17 Nev. 172 1882 1 Nevada
Kitchell v. Jackson 71 Ala. 556 1882 1 Alabama
Loos v. Wilkinson 23 N.Y. St. Rep. 282 1889 1 New York
Loos v. Wilkinson 113 N.Y. 485 1889 1 New York
Ringold v. Suiter 35 W. Va. 186 1891 1 West Virginia
Tate v. Sanders 245 Mo. 186 1904 1 Missouri
Thomas v. Harkness 76 Ky. 23 1877 1 Kentucky