Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Martin v. Fort 83 F. 19 1897 1 United States
Madden v. Arnold 47 N.Y.S. 757 1897 1 New York
Gardner v. Kiehl 182 Pa. 194 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Madden v. Arnold 22 A.D. 240 1897 1 New York
Powell v. State 101 Ga. 9 1897 1 Georgia
Lyons v. Allen 11 App. D.C. 543 1897 1 District of Columbia
Smith v. Estate of Preston 170 Ill. 179 1897 1 Illinois
Stephenson v. Monmouth Min. & Mfg. Co. 84 F. 114 1897 1 United States
Carpy v. Dowdell 115 Cal. 677 1897 1 California
Lynchburg Trust & Savings Bank v. A. G. Elliott & Co. 94 Va. 700 1897 1 Virginia
Norfolk Lumber Co. v. Simmons 16 Del. 317 1897 1 Delaware
Robinson v. Pierce 118 Ala. 273 1897 1 Alabama
Day v. Madden 9 Colo. App. 464 1897 1 Colorado
Stearns v. Fraleigh 39 Fla. 603 1897 1 Florida
Burns v. Smith 180 Pa. 606 1897 1 Pennsylvania
DeBerry v. State 99 Tenn. 207 1897 1 Tennessee
Hagan v. Ellis 39 Fla. 463 1897 1 Florida
Eastham v. Landon 17 Wash. 48 1897 1 Washington
Binder v. Ragsdale 100 Ga. 400 1897 1 Georgia
Connecticut Hospital for the Insane v. Town of Brookfield 69 Conn. 1 1897 1 Connecticut