Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wentworth v. Wentworth 69 Me. 247 1879 1 Maine
Lyon v. Lyon 88 Me. 395 1896 1 Maine
Grows v. Maine Central Railroad 67 Me. 100 1877 1 Maine
People v. Davis 472 Mich. 156 2005 1 Michigan
Runt v. Herring 2 Misc. 105 1892 1 New York
Vosburgh’s Estate 84 Pa. Super. 10 1924 1 Pennsylvania
Newsome v. Allen 86 Wash. 678 1915 1 Washington
Christiansen v. Christiansen 62 F. Supp. 341 1945 1 United States
Barton v. United States 75 F. Supp. 703 1948 1 United States
Becker v. Buder 79 F. Supp. 315 1948 1 United States
Castle v. Cross 32 Haw. 197 1931 1 Hawaii
Moore v. Perkins 169 Va. 175 1937 1 Virginia
Beatty v. Union Trust & Deposit Co. 123 W. Va. 144 1941 1 West Virginia
Thomas v. Bryant 185 Va. 845 1946 1 Virginia
Mitchell v. Parks 180 N.C. 634 1920 1 North Carolina
Bankston Bros. v. Morrison 190 So. 195 1939 1 Louisiana
Henderson v. Troy Bank & Trust Co. 250 Ala. 456 1948 1 Alabama
Maguire v. Loyd 193 Va. 138 1951 1 Virginia
Goetz v. Old National Bank of Martinsburg 140 W. Va. 422 1954 1 West Virginia
Sands v. Security Trust Co. 143 W. Va. 522 1958 1 West Virginia