Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Triplett's Executors v. Jameson 16 Va. 242 1811 1 Virginia
Cavendish v. Fleming 17 Va. 198 1812 1 Virginia
Moody v. Travis 76 Ga. 832 1886 1 Georgia
Stewart v. Stewart 177 Mass. 493 1901 1 Massachusetts
Redmond v. Murray 30 Mo. 570 1860 1 Missouri
Lewis v. Hart 33 Mo. 535 1863 1 Missouri
Ensworth v. Barton 67 Mo. 622 1878 1 Missouri
Scott v. Smith 133 Mo. 618 1896 1 Missouri
Breed v. Hobart 187 Mo. 140 1905 1 Missouri
Santa Fe Car Icing Co. v. Kemper 166 Mo. App. 613 1912 1 Missouri
Wells v. Andrews 60 Miss. 373 1882 1 Mississippi
Wuesthoff v. Germania Life Insurance 107 N.Y. 580 1888 1 New York
Merrill v. Boal 47 R.I. 274 1926 1 Rhode Island
Downs v. Allen 78 Tenn. 652 1882 1 Tennessee
Williams v. Saunders 45 Tenn. 60 1867 1 Tennessee
Kellar v. Baird 52 Tenn. 39 1871 1 Tennessee
Bomar v. Carstairs 124 Tex. 492 1935 1 Texas
Bomar v. Carstairs 79 S.W.2d 841 1935 1 Texas
Synthetic Industries, Inc. v. Whitlock, Inc. 439 F. Supp. 1297 1977 1 United States
Manning v. Manning 1 Johns. Ch. 527 1815 1 New York