Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re the Probate of the Last Will of Marsh 9 N.Y. St. Rep. 441 1887 1 New York
In re Cosgrove's Will 65 N.Y.S. 570 1900 1 New York
Behrens v. Behrens 47 Ohio St. 323 1890 1 Ohio
Coghlin v. Coghlin 19 Ohio C.C. Dec. 251 1907 1 Ohio
Coghlin v. Coghlin 79 Ohio St. 71 1908 1 Ohio
McElroy v. Phink 97 Tex. 147 1903 1 Texas
Compton v. Dannenbauer 120 Tex. 14 1931 1 Texas
In re Valentine's Will 93 Wis. 45 1896 1 Wisconsin
Southworth v. Adams 22 F. Cas. 837 1882 1 United States
Throckmorton v. Holt 180 U.S. 552 1901 1 United States
Savoy v. Savoy 220 F.2d 364 1954 1 United States
Window v. Stewart 48 W. Va. 488 1900 1 West Virginia
Heffner v. Miller 16 Va. 43 1811 1 Virginia
Starr v. Kreuzberger 131 Cal. 41 1900 1 California
Woodworth v. Morris 56 Barb. 97 1870 1 New York
Earp v. Boothe 65 Va. 368 1874 1 Virginia
Kerting v. Hilton 51 Ill. App. 437 1894 1 Illinois
Kerting v. Hilton 152 Ill. 658 1894 1 Illinois
Colonial Trust Co. v. McMillan 188 Mo. 547 1905 1 Missouri
Boggs v. Taylor 26 Ohio St. 604 1875 1 Ohio