Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Stearns v. Edson 63 Vt. 259 1891 1 Vermont
Nixon's Heirs v. Cargo's Heirs 28 Miss. 414 1854 1 Mississippi
Trustees Kentucky Female Orphan School v. Fleming 73 Ky. 234 1874 1 Kentucky
Cresswell v. McCaig 11 Neb. 222 1881 1 Nebraska
Huneke v. Dold 7 N.M. 5 1893 1 New Mexico
Wright v. Ryder 36 Cal. 342 1868 1 California
Sunderland v. Sunderland 19 Iowa 325 1865 1 Iowa
Seals v. Robinson & Co. 75 Ala. 363 1883 1 Alabama
Hunt v. Fowler 121 Ill. 269 1887 1 Illinois
In re the Probate of the Will of Cunningham 38 Minn. 169 1888 1 Minnesota
Olmsted v. Buss 122 Cal. 224 1898 1 California
In re Knapen's Will 75 Vt. 146 1903 1 Vermont
Owens v. Fahnestock 110 S.C. 130 1918 1 South Carolina
Lasier v. Wright 304 Ill. 130 1922 1 Illinois
Whitehill v. Halbing 98 Conn. 21 1922 1 Connecticut
Wheat v. Lacals 139 Miss. 300 1925 1 Mississippi
Mort v. Trustees of Baker University 229 Mo. App. 632 1935 1 Missouri
Stewart v. Johnson 142 Fla. 425 1940 1 Florida
Winder v. State 640 So. 2d 893 1994 1 Mississippi
Feltus v. Starke 12 La. Ann. 798 1857 1 Louisiana