Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lant's Appeal 95 Pa. 279 1880 1 Pennsylvania
Macaulay v. Porter 71 N.Y. 173 1877 1 New York
Hunter v. Nelson 151 N.C. 184 1909 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Boddie v. Vick 25 N.C. 488 1843 1 North Carolina
Den on demise of Smith v. Low 27 N.C. 197 1844 1 North Carolina
Miller v. Powers 117 N.C. 218 1895 1 North Carolina
Den ex dem. Bailey v. Morgan 44 N.C. 352 1853 1 North Carolina
Splahn v. Gillespie 48 Ind. 397 1874 1 Indiana
Sioux Falls Saving Bank v. Lien 14 S.D. 410 1901 1 South Dakota
Lipsitz v. Smith 178 N.C. 98 1919 1 North Carolina
Bennett v. Smead 180 S.W.2d 663 1944 1 Texas
Bridges v. Pleasants 39 N.C. 26 1845 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Ashurst 34 Ala. 208 1859 1 Alabama
In re Estate of Seitz 6 Mo. App. 250 1878 1 Missouri
Bell v. Bell ex rel. Bugg 1 Ga. 637 1846 1 Georgia
Pendleton v. Dalton 92 N.C. 185 1885 1 North Carolina
Batchelor v. Overton 158 N.C. 395 1912 1 North Carolina
Hargrove v. De Lisle 32 Tex. 170 1869 1 Texas
Dunn v. Nichols 63 N.C. 107 1869 1 North Carolina
Allen v. Plummer 63 N.C. 307 1869 1 North Carolina