Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
In re the Probate of the Last Will of Westerman 1 Mills Surr. 310 1899 1 New York
Markoe v. Maxcy 16 F. Cas. 763 1837 1 United States
Markoe v. Maxcy 5 D.C. 306 1837 1 United States
Read v. Robinson 6 Watts & Serg. 329 1843 1 Pennsylvania
Scheferling v. Huffman 4 Ohio St. 242 1854 1 Ohio
Succession of Lewis 142 So. 121 1932 1 Louisiana
Pensenneau v. Pensenneau 22 Mo. 27 1855 1 Missouri
Montgomery v. Montgomery 2 Haw. 563 1862 1 Hawaii
Merchant v. Bunnell 3 Abb. Ct. App. 280 1867 1 New York
Hayward v. Cain 110 Mass. 273 1872 1 Massachusetts
Dillaye v. Commercial Bank of Whitehall 51 N.Y. 345 1873 1 New York
Winslow v. Crowell 32 Wis. 639 1873 1 Wisconsin
Succession of Bibbins 152 So. 592 1934 1 Louisiana
Field v. Wilbur 49 Vt. 157 1876 1 Vermont
Dukes v. Spangler 35 Ohio St. 119 1878 1 Ohio
Sears v. Giddey 41 Mich. 590 1879 1 Michigan
Shafer v. Shafer 10 Neb. 468 1880 1 Nebraska
Bertles v. Nunan 92 N.Y. 152 1883 1 New York
Vaughan v. Godman 94 Ind. 191 1884 1 Indiana
Galloway v. Estate of McPherson 67 Mich. 546 1887 1 Michigan