Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Kester v. Lyon 40 W. Va. 161 1895 1 West Virginia
Beecher v. Foster 51 W. Va. 605 1902 1 West Virginia
Chichester v. Vass 5 Va. 83 1797 1 Virginia
Armstrong v. Gilchrist 2 Johns. Cas. 424 1800 1 New York
Tilghman v. Tilghman 23 F. Cas. 1243 1832 1 United States
McKenzie v. Cowing 16 F. Cas. 202 1834 1 United States
Western M. & M. Co. v. Virginia Cannel Coal Co. 10 W. Va. 250 1877 1 West Virginia
Callahan v. Hyland 59 Ill. App. 347 1895 1 Illinois
In re the Estate of Turner 52 Mich. 398 1884 1 Michigan
Bramell v. Cole 136 Mo. 201 1896 1 Missouri
Executor of Gardner v. Gardner 37 N.J. Eq. 487 1883 1 New Jersey
Goddard v. Brown 12 R.I. 31 1878 1 Rhode Island
Howell v. Moore 14 Tenn. App. 594 1930 1 Tennessee
Pegram v. Stortz 31 W. Va. 220 1888 1 West Virginia
In re Gurley 215 B.R. 703 1997 1 United States
Keely v. Weir 38 F. 291 1889 1 United States
Schwickerath v. Lohen 48 Wis. 599 1880 1 Wisconsin
Larkey v. Gardner 105 Va. 718 1906 1 Virginia
Standard Interlock Elevator Co. v. Wilson 218 Pa. 280 1907 1 Pennsylvania
Leib v. Dobriner 60 Misc. 66 1908 1 New York