Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Will of Ross 182 N.C. 477 1921 1 North Carolina
Collins v. Butler 14 Cal. 223 1859 1 California
Newcomb v. Brooks 16 W. Va. 32 1879 1 West Virginia
Gardella v. Meeker 3 Wash. Terr. 178 1887 1 Washington
Jacksonville National Bank v. Beesley 159 Ill. 120 1895 1 Illinois
Priest v. Chouteau 85 Mo. 398 1884 1 Missouri
Atherton v. McQuesten 46 N.H. 205 1865 1 New Hampshire
Tabler v. State 34 Ohio St. 127 1877 1 Ohio
Sessions v. Trevitt 39 Ohio St. 259 1883 1 Ohio
Boston & Colorado Smelting Co. v. Smith 13 R.I. 27 1880 1 Rhode Island
Stewart v. State 190 Tenn. 334 1950 1 Tennessee
Wyatt v. Brown 39 Tenn. App. 28 1955 1 Tennessee
Gleason v. Estate of Beers 59 Vt. 581 1887 1 Vermont
Lewis v. Broun 36 W. Va. 1 1892 1 West Virginia
Elliott's Executor v. Lyell 7 Va. 268 1802 1 Virginia
Elliott v. Mayfield 4 Ala. 417 1842 1 Alabama
Ex parte Hunter 2 W. Va. 122 1867 1 West Virginia
Price's Ex'or v. Harrison's Ex'or 72 Va. 114 1878 1 Virginia
State v. Mines 38 W. Va. 125 1893 1 West Virginia
Wilder v. Dennis 202 F. 667 1912 1 United States