Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re the Probate of the Will of Cunningham 38 Minn. 169 1888 1 Minnesota
Olmsted v. Buss 122 Cal. 224 1898 1 California
In re Knapen's Will 75 Vt. 146 1903 1 Vermont
Owens v. Fahnestock 110 S.C. 130 1918 1 South Carolina
Lasier v. Wright 304 Ill. 130 1922 1 Illinois
Whitehill v. Halbing 98 Conn. 21 1922 1 Connecticut
Wheat v. Lacals 139 Miss. 300 1925 1 Mississippi
Mort v. Trustees of Baker University 229 Mo. App. 632 1935 1 Missouri
Stewart v. Johnson 142 Fla. 425 1940 1 Florida
Winder v. State 640 So. 2d 893 1994 1 Mississippi
Feltus v. Starke 12 La. Ann. 798 1857 1 Louisiana
Wilson v. Hilliard 1 Sadler 425 1886 1 Pennsylvania
Marks, Rothenberg & Co. v. McElroy 67 Miss. 545 1890 1 Mississippi
Columbia Star Milling Co. v. Brand 115 Miss. 625 1917 1 Mississippi
Clayton v. Merrett 52 Miss. 353 1876 1 Mississippi
Wilson v. Sibley 54 Miss. 656 1877 1 Mississippi
Etter v. Greenawalt 98 Pa. 422 1881 1 Pennsylvania
Edwards v. Kelly 83 Miss. 144 1903 1 Mississippi
New York Life Ins. v. Gill 182 Miss. 815 1938 1 Mississippi
M. T. Reed Construction Co. v. Jackson Plating Co. 222 So. 2d 838 1969 1 Mississippi