Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Bennett 5 Cal. Unrep. 824 1897 1 California
United States ex rel. Bernardin v. Seymour 10 App. D.C. 294 1897 1 District of Columbia
North Chicago Street Railroad v. Shreve 70 Ill. App. 666 1897 1 Illinois
Lanahan & Son v. Drew 72 Ill. App. 203 1897 1 Illinois
Daniels v. Solomon 11 App. D.C. 163 1897 1 District of Columbia
Edwards v. State 39 Fla. 753 1897 1 Florida
In re Van Houten’s Estate 46 N.Y.S. 190 1897 1 New York
Wooten v. State 99 Tenn. 189 1897 1 Tennessee
Ex parte Hays 15 Utah 77 1897 1 Utah
Richards v. Harrison 71 Mo. App. 224 1897 1 Missouri
People v. Durrant 116 Cal. 179 1897 1 California
Henley v. State 98 Tenn. 665 1897 1 Tennessee
In re Estate of James 3 Coffey 130 1897 1 California
Martin v. Southern Ry. 51 S.C. 150 1897 1 South Carolina
State ex rel. C. S. Essex v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad 70 Mo. App. 634 1897 1 Missouri
State v. Main 69 Conn. 123 1897 1 Connecticut
Estate of Seibert 4 Pa. Super. 514 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Welter v. Jacobson 7 N.D. 32 1897 1 North Dakota
Barabasz v. Kabat 86 Md. 23 1897 1 Maryland
West Chicago Street Railway Co. v. Krueger 68 Ill. App. 450 1897 1 Illinois