Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bell v. Byerson 11 Iowa 233 1860 1 Iowa
Landa v. Obert 45 Tex. 539 1876 1 Texas
Comisky v. Breen 7 Ill. App. 369 1880 1 Illinois
Sharpe v. Johnston 76 Mo. 660 1882 1 Missouri
P. J. Willis & Bro. v. McNeill 57 Tex. 465 1882 1 Texas
Gee v. Culver 12 Or. 228 1883 1 Oregon
Raleigh & Heidenheimer Bros. v. Cook 60 Tex. 438 1883 1 Texas
Steed v. Knowles 79 Ala. 446 1885 1 Alabama
Tillman v. Janks 4 Willson 244 1890 1 Texas
Harris v. Woodford 98 Mich. 147 1893 1 Michigan
Brady v. Stiltner 40 W. Va. 289 1895 1 West Virginia
Helwig v. Beckner 149 Ind. 131 1897 1 Indiana
McAllister v. Johnson 108 Iowa 42 1899 1 Iowa
Harper v. Harper 49 W. Va. 661 1901 1 West Virginia
Kansas & Texas Coal Co. v. Galloway 71 Ark. 351 1903 1 Arkansas
Rainey v. Old 180 S.W. 923 1915 1 Texas
Suhre v. Kott 193 S.W. 417 1917 1 Texas
Griswold v. Horne 19 Ariz. 56 1917 1 Arizona
Davis v. Teague 256 S.W. 957 1923 1 Texas
Chenoweth v. McDowell 26 Ariz. 420 1924 1 Arizona