Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Spiers v. Davidson 233 La. 239 1957 1 Louisiana
Hall v. Commonwealth 33 Va. 615 1835 1 Virginia
Johns v. Johns 86 Va. 333 1889 1 Virginia
Hall v. Palmer 87 Va. 354 1891 1 Virginia
Morgan v. Morgan 60 W. Va. 327 1906 1 West Virginia
Newman v. Newman 60 W. Va. 371 1906 1 West Virginia
Meyer v. Barnett 60 W. Va. 467 1906 1 West Virginia
Ward v. Magness 75 Ark. 12 1905 1 Arkansas
Gilmore v. Fuller 198 Ill. 130 1902 1 Illinois
Atchison v. Dullam 16 Ill. App. 42 1885 1 Illinois
Commonwealth v. Ponzi 256 Mass. 159 1926 1 Massachusetts
Foley v. Harrison 233 Mo. 460 1911 1 Missouri
Jeude v. Sims 258 Mo. 26 1914 1 Missouri
State v. Bennett 297 Mo. 190 1923 1 Missouri
In re the Estate of Anderson 156 Misc. 325 1935 1 New York
Chase National Bank v. Chicago Title & Trust Co. 164 Misc. 508 1934 1 New York
Fisher v. Wister 154 Pa. 65 1893 1 Pennsylvania
Kirkpatrick v. Heydrick 161 Pa. 447 1894 1 Pennsylvania
Swingle v. Sun Insurance Office 33 Pa. Super. 261 1907 1 Pennsylvania
Tacoma Grocery Co. v. Doersch 168 Wash. 606 1932 1 Washington