Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Piatt v. N. Longworth's Devisees 27 Ohio St. 159 1875 1 Ohio
Bowers v. Virden 56 Miss. 595 1879 1 Mississippi
Stradley v. King 84 N.C. 635 1881 1 North Carolina
Golson v. Dunlap 73 Cal. 157 1887 1 California
Cole v. Stokes 113 N.C. 270 1893 1 North Carolina
Austin v. Stewart 126 N.C. 525 1900 1 North Carolina
Lyons v. First National Bank 101 Ark. 368 1911 1 Arkansas
Comer v. Thompson 43 N.D. 172 1919 1 North Dakota
Lockridge v. Smith 206 N.C. 174 1934 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Greensboro Joint Stock Land Bank 213 N.C. 343 1938 1 North Carolina
Harris v. Hilliard 221 N.C. 329 1942 1 North Carolina
Peedin v. Oliver 222 N.C. 665 1943 1 North Carolina
Davis v. Jenkins 236 N.C. 283 1952 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Smith 261 N.C. 278 1964 1 North Carolina
Davison v. Davison 125 Kan. 807 1928 1 Kansas
Kiger v. Terry 119 N.C. 456 1896 1 North Carolina
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. Johnston 269 N.C. 701 1967 1 North Carolina
Woodworth v. State 26 Ohio St. 196 1875 1 Ohio
S. W. Wiley & Co. v. Brown 18 R.I. 615 1894 1 Rhode Island
Bell v. Stevens 116 Iowa 451 1902 1 Iowa