Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Estate of Rogers 94 Cal. 526 1892 1 California
Lentz v. E. T. Allen Co. 71 Ga. App. 599 1944 1 Georgia
Scofield v. Olcott 120 Ill. 362 1887 1 Illinois
Forbes v. Williams 13 Ill. App. 280 1883 1 Illinois
Fox v. Hicks 81 Minn. 197 1900 1 Minnesota
Owen v. Eaton 56 Mo. App. 563 1894 1 Missouri
Byrne v. France 131 Mo. 639 1895 1 Missouri
Metropolitan Bank v. Taylor 53 Mo. 444 1873 1 Missouri
George v. Adams 141 Miss. 144 1925 1 Mississippi
Humpfner v. D. M. Osborne & Co. 2 S.D. 310 1891 1 South Dakota
Lanning v. Gregory 100 Tex. 310 1907 1 Texas
Fechheimer v. Baum 43 F. 719 1890 1 United States
Schwartz v. Schwartz 158 Md. 80 1930 1 Maryland
Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. v. Neilson 164 Md. 8 1933 1 Maryland
Strzegowski v. Strzegowski 175 Md. 53 1938 1 Maryland
Dearholt v. Dearholt 178 Md. 405 1940 1 Maryland
Terry v. Hensen 75 Wyo. 444 1956 1 Wyoming
Langston v. Langston 366 Md. 490 2001 1 Maryland
Ryder v. Oates 173 N.C. 569 1917 1 North Carolina
Simmons v. State 165 Md. 155 1933 1 Maryland