Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Filter v. Schroeder 16 Tex. Civ. App. 235 1897 1 Texas
Williams v. State 37 Tex. Crim. 348 1897 1 Texas
Smith v. Estate of Preston 170 Ill. 179 1897 1 Illinois
Townsend v. Sparks 50 S.C. 380 1897 1 South Carolina
Williamson v. Mayer Bros. 117 Ala. 253 1897 1 Alabama
In re Roe Chung 9 N.M. 130 1897 1 New Mexico
State v. Street 117 Ala. 203 1897 1 Alabama
Clay v. City of St. Albans 43 W. Va. 539 1897 1 West Virginia
Keady v. White 168 Ill. 76 1897 1 Illinois
Ætna Life Insurance v. McNeely 166 Ill. 540 1897 1 Illinois
Daniels v. Solomon 11 App. D.C. 163 1897 1 District of Columbia
North Chicago Street Railroad v. Leonard 67 Ill. App. 603 1897 1 Illinois
In re Van Houten’s Estate 46 N.Y.S. 190 1897 1 New York
In re Accounts of Van Houten 18 A.D. 301 1897 1 New York
Swinburne v. Mills 17 Wash. 611 1897 1 Washington
Estate of Lannon 5 Coffey 416 1897 1 California
T. A. Shaw & Co. v. Robinson & Stokes Co. 50 Neb. 403 1897 1 Nebraska
Dick v. Harby 48 S.C. 516 1897 1 South Carolina
Croom v. Jerome Hill Cotton Co. 15 Tex. Civ. App. 328 1897 1 Texas
Stockbridge v. Franklin Bank 86 Md. 189 1897 1 Maryland