Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lee v. Starbird 55 Me. 491 1867 1 Maine
Bay v. Shrader 50 Miss. 326 1874 1 Mississippi
Swann v. Southern Express Co. 53 Miss. 286 1876 1 Mississippi
Max v. Columbus Banking & Insurance Co. 64 Miss. 48 1886 1 Mississippi
Magers v. Dunlap 39 Ill. App. 618 1891 1 Illinois
Rockey's Estate 155 Pa. 453 1893 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Smails 63 Wash. 172 1911 1 Washington
Harrison v. Eagle Lumber & Supply Co. 152 Miss. 466 1928 1 Mississippi
Hillman v. Clayton 234 Miss. 490 1958 1 Mississippi
Lewis v. Lewis 241 Miss. 83 1961 1 Mississippi
Clark v. Lansford 191 So. 2d 123 1966 1 Mississippi
Earnshaw v. Crout 23 Kan. 560 1880 1 Kansas
Melton v. Cherokee Oil & Gas Co. 67 Okla. 247 1917 1 Oklahoma
Lay v. Nutt 194 Miss. 83 1943 1 Mississippi
Southern Life Insurance v. Pollard Appliance Co. 247 Miss. 211 1963 1 Mississippi
Fitzgibbon v. Lake 29 Ill. 165 1862 1 Illinois
Learned v. Matthews 40 Miss. 210 1866 1 Mississippi
Harrington v. Wofford 46 Miss. 31 1871 1 Mississippi
Williams v. Campbell 46 Miss. 57 1871 1 Mississippi
Caston v. Caston 60 Miss. 475 1882 1 Mississippi