Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lowenback v. Switzer 1 Va. Dec. 141 1878 1 Virginia
Tracewell v. Boggs 14 W. Va. 254 1878 1 West Virginia
Thomas v. Davidson 76 Va. 338 1882 1 Virginia
Sanders v. Plunkett 40 Ark. 507 1883 1 Arkansas
State v. Ellis 207 La. 812 1945 1 Louisiana
Watson v. Coast 35 W. Va. 463 1891 1 West Virginia
Pillsbury v. Streeter 15 N.D. 174 1906 1 North Dakota
Pence v. Jamison 80 W. Va. 761 1917 1 West Virginia
First National Bank of Webster Springs v. McGraw 85 W. Va. 298 1919 1 West Virginia
Hyre v. Johnson 107 W. Va. 524 1929 1 West Virginia
Tennant v. Kilcoyne 120 W. Va. 137 1938 1 West Virginia
Frazier v. Frazier's Ex'ors 29 Va. 642 1831 1 Virginia
Byrne v. Edmonds 64 Va. 200 1873 1 Virginia
Manning v. Screven 56 S.C. 78 1899 1 South Carolina
Beatson v. Bowers 174 Ind. 601 1910 1 Indiana
Williams v. Lewis 32 Va. 686 1834 1 Virginia
Harrison v. Metz 17 Mich. 377 1868 1 Michigan
Tennant v. Brookover 12 W. Va. 337 1878 1 West Virginia
Murdock v. Franklin Ins. 33 W. Va. 407 1889 1 West Virginia
Stewart v. Vandervort 34 W. Va. 524 1890 1 West Virginia