Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Boswell v. Thigpen 75 Miss. 308 1897 1 Mississippi
State v. Wilson 121 N.C. 650 1897 1 North Carolina
Thompson & Son v. Waterman & Co. 100 Ga. 586 1897 1 Georgia
Brown v. Commonwealth 102 Ky. 227 1897 1 Kentucky
Bowery Bank v. Gerety 153 N.Y. 411 1897 1 New York
Brooks v. State 103 Ga. 50 1897 1 Georgia
Norberg v. Records & Goldsborough 84 Md. 568 1897 1 Maryland
West Chicago Street Railway Co. v. Krueger 68 Ill. App. 450 1897 1 Illinois
Edwards v. State 39 Fla. 753 1897 1 Florida
Drumright v. Hite 2 Va. Dec. 465 1897 1 Virginia
Kaufman v. Caughman 49 S.C. 159 1897 1 South Carolina
Kelley v. Kelley 182 Pa. 131 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Nelson v. Crescent City Railroad 49 La. Ann. 491 1897 1 Louisiana
Wall v. Royal Society of Good Fellows 179 Pa. 355 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Ex parte Hays 15 Utah 77 1897 1 Utah
In re Leeds & Co. 49 La. Ann. 501 1897 1 Louisiana
Smith v. Foley 80 F. 949 1897 1 United States
Hebron v. Kelly 75 Miss. 74 1897 1 Mississippi
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Hamilton v. Dooly 15 Utah 280 1897 1 Utah