Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Eastman v. Foster 49 Mass. 19 1844 1 Massachusetts
Church v. Moore 10 Pa. 273 1849 1 Pennsylvania
Follansbee v. Walker 74 Pa. 306 1873 1 Pennsylvania
Hutsonpiller's Adm'r v. Stover's Adm'r 53 Va. 579 1855 1 Virginia
Newsom v. Davis 20 Tex. 419 1857 1 Texas
Miller v. Goodwin 74 Mass. 542 1857 1 Massachusetts
Smith v. Allen 87 Mass. 454 1862 1 Massachusetts
Williams v. Credit Service Corp. 113 So. 2d 319 1959 1 Louisiana
Cramer v. Reford 17 N.J. Eq. 367 1866 1 New Jersey
Galbreath, Stewart & Co. v. Cook 30 Ark. 417 1875 1 Arkansas
Brown v. Campbell 74 Va. 402 1880 1 Virginia
Crittenden v. Sands 17 Neb. 498 1885 1 Nebraska
Beels v. Flynn 28 Neb. 575 1890 1 Nebraska
Lusk v. Ramsay 17 Va. 417 1811 1 Virginia
Stewart v. Avery 341 So. 2d 590 1977 1 Louisiana
Hicks v. Ellis 65 Mo. 176 1877 1 Missouri
Randolph v. Nichol 74 Ark. 93 1905 1 Arkansas
Cross v. People 10 Mich. 24 1862 1 Michigan
Young v. Smith 25 Mo. 341 1857 1 Missouri
In re the Estate of Hearn 158 Misc. 370 1936 1 New York