Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Riley 188 N.C. 72 1924 1 North Carolina
Hovey v. Elliott 28 N.Y. St. Rep. 761 1890 1 New York
Holbrook v. New Jersey Zinc Co. 57 N.Y. 616 1874 1 New York
Boshear v. Lay 53 Tenn. 163 1871 1 Tennessee
Cockrill v. Maney 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 49 1874 1 Tennessee
Brantingham v. Beasley 2 Tenn. App. 598 1926 1 Tennessee
Wolf v. Brass 72 Tex. 133 1888 1 Texas
Ramsey v. Hurley 72 Tex. 194 1888 1 Texas
Bonner & Eddy v. Bean 80 Tex. 152 1891 1 Texas
Centennial Mutual Life Ass'n v. Parham 80 Tex. 518 1891 1 Texas
Spencer v. Shelburne 11 Tex. Civ. App. 521 1895 1 Texas
Downing v. State 11 Wyo. 86 1902 1 Wyoming
Arnold v. Eastin’s Trustee 116 Ky. 686 1903 1 Kentucky
Henderson v. Alford 1 La. App. 791 1925 1 Louisiana
Tootle & Maule v. Dunn 6 Neb. 93 1877 1 Nebraska
Knowlton v. Hawes 10 Neb. 534 1880 1 Nebraska
Combs v. Winchester 39 N.H. 13 1859 1 New Hampshire
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
People v. Ware 1 N.Y. Crim. 166 1883 1 New York
Smith v. Henry 19 S.C.L. 16 1833 1 South Carolina