Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hertzog v. Hertzog's Administrator 34 Pa. 418 1859 1 Pennsylvania
Newell v. Sanford 13 Iowa 463 1862 1 Iowa
Flint v. Steadman 36 Vt. 210 1863 1 Vermont
Yokum v. Thomas 15 Iowa 67 1863 1 Iowa
Eaton v. Lyman 24 Wis. 438 1869 1 Wisconsin
Mack v. Patchin 42 N.Y. 167 1870 1 New York
Hammond v. Hannin 21 Mich. 374 1870 1 Michigan
Graves v. Spier 58 Barb. 349 1870 1 New York
Terry's Executor v. Drabenstadt 68 Pa. 400 1871 1 Pennsylvania
Taylor v. Holter 1 Mont. 688 1872 1 Montana
Kellogg v. Malin 62 Mo. 429 1876 1 Missouri
Knowles v. Kennedy 82 Pa. 445 1877 1 Pennsylvania
Ryerson v. Chapman 66 Me. 557 1877 1 Maine
Wood v. Bibbins 58 Ind. 392 1877 1 Indiana
Isaac Walker's Administrator v. Deaver 5 Mo. App. 139 1878 1 Missouri
Lanigan ex rel. Stichter v. Kille 97 Pa. 120 1881 1 Pennsylvania
Messer v. Oestreich 52 Wis. 684 1881 1 Wisconsin
Walker's Administrator v. Deaver 79 Mo. 664 1883 1 Missouri
Carvill v. Jacks 43 Ark. 454 1884 1 Arkansas
Myers v. Brodbeck 110 Pa. 198 1885 1 Pennsylvania