Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Sheffield Land, Iron & Coal Co. v. Neill 87 Ala. 158 1888 1 Alabama
Crumlish v. Railroad Co. 32 W. Va. 244 1889 1 West Virginia
Guffy v. Hukill 34 W. Va. 49 1890 1 West Virginia
Kenner v. Bitely 45 F. 133 1890 1 United States
Succession of Lewis v. Lewis 129 La. 638 1911 1 Louisiana
Worsham v. Ligon 144 Ga. 707 1916 1 Georgia
Thomas v. State 144 Ga. 298 1915 1 Georgia
Richardson v. Trustees Loan & Guaranty Co. 10 La. App. 363 1929 1 Louisiana
State v. Colgate 31 Kan. 511 1884 1 Kansas
Chapin v. Jenkins 50 Kan. 385 1893 1 Kansas
In re the Estate of Blackstone 5 Mills Surr. 16 1905 1 New York
People v. Hooghkerk 2 N.Y. Crim. 204 1884 1 New York
In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Estate of Lyden 7 Mills Surr. 285 1909 1 New York
Wile’s Estate 6 Pa. Super. 435 1898 1 Pennsylvania
Victor Talking Machine Co. v. George 69 F.2d 871 1934 1 United States
Rowe v. State 181 Ga. App. 492 1987 1 Georgia
Detre’s Estate 273 Pa. 341 1922 1 Pennsylvania
Casebeer v. United States 531 F.2d 949 1976 1 United States
United States v. Wallace 528 F.2d 863 1976 1 United States
Welsh v. Frye 10 Ky. Op. 280 1879 1 Kentucky