Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Pynchon v. Stearns 52 Mass. 304 1846 1 Massachusetts
Neel v. Neel 19 Pa. 323 1852 1 Pennsylvania
Reiff v. Reiff 64 Pa. 134 1870 1 Pennsylvania
Gaines v. Green Pond Iron Mining Co. 33 N.J. Eq. 603 1881 1 New Jersey
Sayers v. Hoskinson 110 Pa. 473 1885 1 Pennsylvania
Mulford v. Mulford 42 N.J. Eq. 68 1886 1 New Jersey
Allen v. Bemis 193 Ga. 556 1942 1 Georgia
Sherrill v. Connor 107 N.C. 630 1890 1 North Carolina
Fredonia National Bank v. Perrin 172 Pa. 15 1895 1 Pennsylvania
Blakley v. Marshall 174 Pa. 425 1896 1 Pennsylvania
Geyelin's Estate 29 Pa. D. & C. 296 1937 1 Pennsylvania
Bradley's Lessee v. Bradley 4 U.S. 96 1792 1 Pennsylvania
Smith v. Cheetham 3 Cai. 57 1805 1 New York
Lessee of Cluggage v. Swain 4 Binn. 150 1811 1 Pennsylvania
White v. White 5 Rawle 61 1835 1 Pennsylvania
Boyce v. California Stage Co. 25 Cal. 460 1864 1 California
Barton v. Holmes 16 Iowa 252 1864 1 Iowa
Wright v. Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Co. 20 Iowa 195 1866 1 Iowa
Leverett v. State 3 Tex. Ct. App. 213 1877 1 Texas
Cleland v. Borough of Carlisle 186 Pa. 110 1898 1 Pennsylvania