Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
May v. Courtnay, Tennant & Co. 47 Ala. 185 1872 1 Alabama
Bishop Bros. v. Fennerty 46 Miss. 570 1872 1 Mississippi
Brown v. Coats 56 Ala. 439 1876 1 Alabama
McAbee v. Parker 78 Ala. 573 1885 1 Alabama
Melvin v. Scowley 213 Ala. 414 1925 1 Alabama
Bates v. Bank of Moulton 226 Ala. 679 1933 1 Alabama
Trieber v. Stover & Co. 30 Ark. 727 1875 1 Arkansas
First National Bank of Commerce v. Simmons 48 Ga. App. 728 1934 1 Georgia
McAllister's Executor v. Thompson 32 Ala. 497 1858 1 Alabama
Harrison's Adm'r v. Meadors 41 Ala. 274 1867 1 Alabama
Forrester v. Forrester 38 Ala. 119 1861 1 Alabama
Huston v. Seeley 27 Iowa 183 1869 1 Iowa
Stoddard v. Cutcompi 41 Iowa 329 1875 1 Iowa
Williams v. State 54 Ala. 131 1875 1 Alabama
Stilson v. Stilson 46 Conn. 15 1878 1 Connecticut
Woods v. Woods 77 Me. 434 1885 1 Maine
McGhee v. Stephens 83 Ala. 466 1887 1 Alabama
Salter v. State 92 Ala. 68 1890 1 Alabama
Temperance House v. Fowle 20 Or. 163 1890 1 Oregon
Barth's Administrator v. Barth 102 Ky. 56 1897 1 Kentucky