Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gallman v. Perrie 47 Miss. 131 1872 1 Mississippi
Thornburg v. Thornburg 18 W. Va. 522 1881 1 West Virginia
Ashworth v. Brown 111 Va. 356 1910 1 Virginia
Dabney's Adm'r v. Smith's Legatees 32 Va. 13 1834 1 Virginia
Wright v. Eaves 31 S.C. Eq. 582 1855 1 South Carolina
Hutchinson v. Ayres 117 Ill. 558 1886 1 Illinois
Corderey v. Hughes 6 Ill. App. 401 1880 1 Illinois
State ex rel. Gable v. Coale 51 Md. 352 1879 1 Maryland
Wooden v. Kerr 91 Mich. 188 1892 1 Michigan
Fendler v. Dewald 14 Mo. App. 60 1883 1 Missouri
Brookhaven Lumber & Mfg. Co. v. Illinois Central R. R. 68 Miss. 432 1890 1 Mississippi
Bowman Bank & Trust Co. v. First National Bank 18 N.M. 589 1914 1 New Mexico
Brick v. Brick 66 N.Y. 144 1876 1 New York
Children's Aid Society v. Loveridge 70 N.Y. 387 1877 1 New York
Parish's Heirs v. Ferris 6 Ohio St. 563 1856 1 Ohio
Martin v. Spurrier 13 Ohio C.C. Dec. 110 1901 1 Ohio
Smith v. Heyward 115 S.C. 145 1920 1 South Carolina
Cook v. Bolduc 24 Wyo. 281 1916 1 Wyoming
Whitworth's Distributees v. Oliver 39 Ala. 286 1864 1 Alabama
Lacy v. Stamper 68 Va. 42 1876 1 Virginia