Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Seibert v. True 8 Kan. 52 1871 1 Kansas
Eldridge v. May 129 Me. 112 1930 1 Maine
Shevlin v. Shevlin 96 Minn. 398 1905 1 Minnesota
Sweet v. Jeffries 48 Mo. 279 1871 1 Missouri
Akin v. Kellogg 46 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 252 1886 1 New York
Akin v. Kellogg 119 N.Y. 441 1890 1 New York
Knight v. Jones 93 S.C. 376 1913 1 South Carolina
Choate v. Sewell 142 Tenn. 487 1919 1 Tennessee
White v. Cox 4 Tenn. 80 1816 1 Tennessee
Miller v. Sterringer 66 W. Va. 169 1909 1 West Virginia
Jarvis v. Shackelton Inhaler Co. 136 F.2d 116 1943 1 United States
Mares v. Mares 60 Mont. 36 1921 1 Montana
Malvern National Bank v. Halliday 195 Iowa 734 1923 1 Iowa
Carrey v. Haun 111 Or. 586 1924 1 Oregon
Douglass v. Fagg 35 Va. 588 1837 1 Virginia
Dent v. Wait's Admr. 9 W. Va. 41 1876 1 West Virginia
Harnsberger v. Yancey 74 Va. 527 1880 1 Virginia
Dickinson v. Voorhees 7 Watts & Serg. 353 1844 1 Pennsylvania
Liles v. Rogers 113 N.C. 197 1893 1 North Carolina
Equitable Surety Co. v. Illinois Surety Co. 108 S.C. 364 1918 1 South Carolina