Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nighbert v. Hornsby 100 Tenn. 82 1897 1 Tennessee
Clowdis v. Fresno Flume & Irrigation Co. 118 Cal. 315 1897 1 California
Henley v. State 98 Tenn. 665 1897 1 Tennessee
Bahel v. Manning 112 Mich. 24 1897 1 Michigan
Martin v. Southern Ry. 51 S.C. 150 1897 1 South Carolina
In re Leeds & Co. 49 La. Ann. 501 1897 1 Louisiana
Lanahan & Son v. Drew 72 Ill. App. 203 1897 1 Illinois
Croom v. Jerome Hill Cotton Co. 15 Tex. Civ. App. 328 1897 1 Texas
State v. Melton 120 N.C. 591 1897 1 North Carolina
Baxter v. Hamilton 20 Mont. 327 1897 1 Montana
In re Van Houten’s Estate 46 N.Y.S. 190 1897 1 New York
Bell v. Rice 50 Neb. 547 1897 1 Nebraska
Fisher v. White 94 Va. 236 1897 1 Virginia
Kimble v. Kimble 17 Wash. 75 1897 1 Washington
Wall v. Royal Society of Good Fellows 179 Pa. 355 1897 1 Pennsylvania
In re Accounts of Van Houten 18 A.D. 301 1897 1 New York
Illinois Trust & Savings Bank v. Pacific Railway Co. 117 Cal. 332 1897 1 California
Wooten v. State 99 Tenn. 189 1897 1 Tennessee
Shaw v. Smithes 167 Ill. 269 1897 1 Illinois
Sumner v. Crawford 91 Tex. 129 1897 1 Texas