Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Tyler v. McCardle 17 Miss. 230 1848 1 Mississippi
Liddell v. Sims 17 Miss. 596 1848 1 Mississippi
Bowles v. Woodson 47 Va. 78 1849 1 Virginia
Mays v. Swope 49 Va. 46 1851 1 Virginia
Stone v. Wood 16 Ill. 177 1854 1 Illinois
Postlewait v. Howes 3 Iowa 365 1856 1 Iowa
Tarpley v. Wilson 33 Miss. 467 1857 1 Mississippi
Bloss v. Plymale 3 W. Va. 393 1869 1 West Virginia
State ex rel. Beals v. Probate Court 25 Minn. 22 1878 1 Minnesota
Starke v. Wilson 65 Ala. 576 1880 1 Alabama
Johnson v. Brooks 93 N.Y. 337 1883 1 New York
Bayly v. Muehe 65 Cal. 345 1884 1 California
Clark v. Hutzler 96 Va. 73 1898 1 Virginia
Hudson v. Max Meadows Land & Improvement Co. 97 Va. 341 1899 1 Virginia
Sloan v. Rose 101 Va. 151 1903 1 Virginia
Brock v. Kirkpatrick 72 S.C. 491 1905 1 South Carolina
Reed v. Sefton 11 Cal. App. 88 1909 1 California
Waln v. Meirs 80 N.J. Eq. 488 1912 1 New Jersey
McCarthy v. William H. Wood Lumber Co. 219 Mass. 566 1914 1 Massachusetts
Houchins v. Holcomb 106 W. Va. 79 1928 1 West Virginia