Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Burnett v. Nicholson 79 N.C. 548 1878 1 North Carolina
Tavenner v. Morehead 41 W. Va. 116 1895 1 West Virginia
Mahoney v. Tyler 136 N.C. 40 1904 1 North Carolina
Joas v. Jordan 21 S.D. 379 1907 1 South Dakota
Hinckley v. Casey 54 Wash. 34 1909 1 Washington
Carpenter, Baggott & Co. v. Hanes 167 N.C. 551 1914 1 North Carolina
Shute v. Shute 180 N.C. 386 1920 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Guaranty Estates Corp. 239 N.C. 595 1954 1 North Carolina
Bond v. McNider 25 N.C. 440 1843 1 North Carolina
Rollins v. Henry 84 N.C. 569 1881 1 North Carolina
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
In re Thomas 111 N.C. 409 1892 1 North Carolina
Cutler v. Cutler 130 N.C. 1 1902 1 North Carolina
Leard v. Askew 28 Okla. 300 1911 1 Oklahoma
In re Will of Wellborn 165 N.C. 636 1914 1 North Carolina
In re Last Will & Testament of Love 186 N.C. 714 1923 1 North Carolina
Flanders v. White 142 Or. 375 1933 1 Oregon
Stroud v. Casey 25 Tex. 740 1860 1 Texas
Dixon v. Dixon 81 N.C. 323 1879 1 North Carolina
Love v. Smathers 82 N.C. 369 1880 1 North Carolina