Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gay v. Sanders 101 Ga. 601 1897 1 Georgia
Weaver v. Carter 101 Ga. 206 1897 1 Georgia
Smith v. Estate of Preston 170 Ill. 179 1897 1 Illinois
Cox v. Phelps 65 Ark. 1 1897 1 Arkansas
Williamson v. Mayer Bros. 117 Ala. 253 1897 1 Alabama
Madden v. Arnold 47 N.Y.S. 757 1897 1 New York
Orchardson v. Cofield 171 Ill. 14 1897 1 Illinois
Carpy v. Dowdell 115 Cal. 677 1897 1 California
Adkins v. State 103 Ga. 5 1897 1 Georgia
Barley v. Byrd 95 Va. 316 1897 1 Virginia
Burns v. Smith 180 Pa. 606 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Lynchburg Trust & Savings Bank v. A. G. Elliott & Co. 94 Va. 700 1897 1 Virginia
Shouse v. Doane 39 Fla. 95 1897 1 Florida
Hollis v. Sales 103 Ga. 75 1897 1 Georgia
Curtis v. State 118 Ala. 125 1897 1 Alabama
Bowles v. Field 78 F. 742 1897 1 United States
Robinson v. Pierce 118 Ala. 273 1897 1 Alabama
Eastham v. Landon 17 Wash. 48 1897 1 Washington
DeBerry v. State 99 Tenn. 207 1897 1 Tennessee
State v. Aughtry 49 S.C. 285 1897 1 South Carolina