Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re the alleged lost will of Schultz 102 N.J. Eq. 14 1926 1 New Jersey
Metcalf v. Cook 2 R.I. 355 1852 1 Rhode Island
Bank v. McClure 104 Tenn. 607 1900 1 Tennessee
Jacobs v. Willis' Heirs 147 Tenn. 539 1922 1 Tennessee
Haven v. Wrinkle 29 Tenn. App. 195 1945 1 Tennessee
Harvey v. Preston 7 Va. 495 1803 1 Virginia
Ross v. Randolph 9 Va. 296 1804 1 Virginia
Engle v. Burns 9 Va. 463 1805 1 Virginia
Lassly v. Fontaine 14 Va. 146 1809 1 Virginia
Morrison v. Semple 6 Binn. 94 1813 1 Pennsylvania
Hoge v. Hoge 1 Serg. & Rawle 144 1814 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Miller 6 Pa. Super. 35 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Bream v. Cooper's Heirs 19 Va. 7 1815 1 Virginia
Ball v. Bank of Alabama 8 Ala. 590 1845 1 Alabama
Crawford v. Morris 46 Va. 90 1848 1 Virginia
Wiley v. Givens 47 Va. 277 1849 1 Virginia
Smyth v. Harvie 31 Ill. 62 1863 1 Illinois
McCormick v. Hamilton 64 Va. 561 1873 1 Virginia
Donahue v. Fackler 21 W. Va. 124 1882 1 West Virginia
James v. Gibson 73 Ark. 440 1904 1 Arkansas