Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Peters v. Light 76 Pa. 289 1874 1 Pennsylvania
Roberts v. Roberts 140 Ill. 345 1892 1 Illinois
Brewer v. Tysor 48 N.C. 180 1855 1 North Carolina
Stein v. Steamboat Prairie Rose 17 Ohio St. 472 1867 1 Ohio
Buffkin v. Baird 73 N.C. 283 1875 1 North Carolina
Jones v. Mial 82 N.C. 252 1880 1 North Carolina
Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Pike 12 Ill. App. 506 1883 1 Illinois
North Carolina Highway Commission v. Rand 195 N.C. 799 1928 1 North Carolina
City of Natchez v. Mallery 54 Miss. 499 1877 1 Mississippi
Hartman v. Flynn 189 N.C. 452 1925 1 North Carolina
Yelverton v. Yelverton 192 N.C. 614 1926 1 North Carolina
Ballard v. Ballard 230 N.C. 629 1949 1 North Carolina
Wagner v. Sharp 33 N.J. Eq. 520 1881 1 New Jersey
Executors of Denise v. Denise 37 N.J. Eq. 163 1883 1 New Jersey
Ellis v. Harrison 140 N.C. 444 1906 1 North Carolina
In re Estate of Bullock 195 N.C. 188 1928 1 North Carolina
In re Estate of Poindexter 221 N.C. 246 1942 1 North Carolina
Peters v. Grubb 21 Pa. 455 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Tiley v. Moyers 43 Pa. 404 1862 1 Pennsylvania
Morefield v. Harris 126 N.C. 626 1900 1 North Carolina