Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Helwig v. Beckner 149 Ind. 131 1897 1 Indiana
McAllister v. Johnson 108 Iowa 42 1899 1 Iowa
Harper v. Harper 49 W. Va. 661 1901 1 West Virginia
Kansas & Texas Coal Co. v. Galloway 71 Ark. 351 1903 1 Arkansas
Rainey v. Old 180 S.W. 923 1915 1 Texas
Suhre v. Kott 193 S.W. 417 1917 1 Texas
Griswold v. Horne 19 Ariz. 56 1917 1 Arizona
Davis v. Teague 256 S.W. 957 1923 1 Texas
Chenoweth v. McDowell 26 Ariz. 420 1924 1 Arizona
Potts v. Burkett 278 S.W. 471 1926 1 Texas
American Motors Finance Co. v. Cleckler 28 S.W.2d 274 1930 1 Texas
Genovese v. Harlingen Piggly Wiggly 32 S.W.2d 379 1930 1 Texas
Dugan v. Midwest Cap Co. 213 Iowa 751 1931 1 Iowa
Shoemaker v. McElwaine 59 S.W.2d 440 1933 1 Texas
Douglas v. Skidmore 95 S.W.2d 533 1936 1 Texas
Gerbig v. Gerbig 61 Nev. 387 1942 1 Nevada
Creekmore v. Woodard 192 Tenn. 280 1951 1 Tennessee
Cockrell v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. 299 S.W.2d 672 1956 1 Texas
Montgomery v. Rittersbacher 410 S.W.2d 925 1966 1 Texas
Carswell v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 449 S.W.2d 805 1969 1 Texas