Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilson v. Patrick 34 Iowa 362 1872 1 Iowa
Matthews v. Porter 16 Fla. 466 1878 1 Florida
Adams v. Phillips 75 Ala. 461 1883 1 Alabama
Winters v. Swift 2 Idaho 61 1884 1 Idaho
Downing v. Woodstock Iron Co. 93 Ala. 262 1890 1 Alabama
Nelson v. Wadsworth 171 Ala. 603 1911 1 Alabama
McManus v. McGrath 20 Wyo. 500 1912 1 Wyoming
Morton v. Allen 180 Ala. 279 1912 1 Alabama
Mason v. Finley 129 S.C. 367 1924 1 South Carolina
Perkins v. Skates 220 Ala. 216 1929 1 Alabama
Bern v. Rosen 36 Ala. App. 296 1951 1 Alabama
Pettingill v. Drake 14 Ill. App. 424 1884 1 Illinois
Hurt v. Hurt 157 Ala. 126 1908 1 Alabama
Townsend v. Miles 167 Ala. 514 1910 1 Alabama
Kimball v. Cunningham Hdw. Co. 197 Ala. 631 1916 1 Alabama
Cowan v. Perkins 214 Ala. 155 1926 1 Alabama
Caheen v. First Nat. Bank 230 Ala. 105 1935 1 Alabama
Lapham v. Martin 33 Ohio St. 99 1877 1 Ohio
Oklahoma Nat. Life Ins. v. Norton 44 Okla. 783 1915 1 Oklahoma
Church v. Church 15 R.I. 138 1885 1 Rhode Island