Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Myers v. Allsbrook 229 N.C. 786 1949 1 North Carolina
Gray v. Gibson 6 Mich. 300 1859 1 Michigan
Cornelius v. Cornelius 52 N.C. 593 1860 1 North Carolina
In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Diez 50 N.Y. 88 1872 1 New York
Burton v. Wilmington & Weldon Railroad 82 N.C. 504 1880 1 North Carolina
Pierce v. Alspaugh 83 N.C. 258 1880 1 North Carolina
Burton v. Wilmington & Weldon Railroad 84 N.C. 192 1881 1 North Carolina
State v. Nicholson 85 N.C. 548 1881 1 North Carolina
Branton v. O'Briant 93 N.C. 99 1885 1 North Carolina
Estate of Cawley 136 Pa. 628 1890 1 Pennsylvania
Lee v. Williams 111 N.C. 200 1892 1 North Carolina
Burney v. Allen 125 N.C. 314 1899 1 North Carolina
In re Will of Allred 170 N.C. 153 1915 1 North Carolina
In re Will of Deyton 177 N.C. 494 1919 1 North Carolina
Earl v. Mundy 227 S.W. 716 1921 1 Texas
Jones v. Bland 182 N.C. 70 1921 1 North Carolina
In re Will of Fuller 189 N.C. 509 1925 1 North Carolina
In re the Will of Pridgen 249 N.C. 509 1959 1 North Carolina
Riddle v. Roll 24 Ohio St. 572 1874 1 Ohio
Piatt v. N. Longworth's Devisees 27 Ohio St. 159 1875 1 Ohio