Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
President, Etc., of Bowdoin College v. Merritt 75 F. 480 1896 1 United States
Murray v. Murray 115 Cal. 266 1896 1 California
Johnson v. Johnson 74 Miss. 549 1896 1 Mississippi
St. Louis Trust Co. v. Rudolph 136 Mo. 169 1896 1 Missouri
Eastman v. Littlefield 164 Ill. 124 1896 1 Illinois
Ballard v. Green 118 N.C. 390 1896 1 North Carolina
First National Bank of Tuscaloosa v. Kennedy 113 Ala. 279 1896 1 Alabama
Rumbough v. Young 119 N.C. 567 1896 1 North Carolina
Hauenstein v. Gillespie 73 Miss. 742 1896 1 Mississippi
Mitchell v. Thomas 114 Ala. 459 1896 1 Alabama
Brooks-Waterfield Co. v. Frisbie 99 Ky. 125 1896 1 Kentucky
Fountain v. Walther 66 Ill. App. 529 1896 1 Illinois
Kiger v. Terry 119 N.C. 456 1896 1 North Carolina
Robb v. Cherry 98 Tenn. 72 1896 1 Tennessee
First National Bank v. Wilson 62 Ark. 140 1896 1 Arkansas
Cheever v. Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie Railroad 150 N.Y. 59 1896 1 New York
Farmers National Bank v. James 13 Tex. Civ. App. 550 1896 1 Texas
Ohio National Bank of Washington v. Hopkins 8 App. D.C. 146 1896 1 District of Columbia
Day v. Hartman 74 Miss. 489 1896 1 Mississippi
R. F. Scott Grocer Co. v. Kelly 14 Tex. Civ. App. 136 1896 1 Texas