Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shafer v. Shafer 85 Md. 554 1897 1 Maryland
Droop v. Ridenour 11 App. D.C. 224 1897 1 District of Columbia
State v. Davidson 9 S.D. 564 1897 1 South Dakota
Bascom v. Danville Stove & Manufacturing Co. 182 Pa. 427 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Wheelberger v. Knights 71 Ill. App. 331 1897 1 Illinois
McCartney v. Fletcher 10 App. D.C. 572 1897 1 District of Columbia
Police Jury of Lafourche v. Police Jury of Terrebonne 49 La. Ann. 1331 1897 1 Louisiana
Textor v. Orr 86 Md. 392 1897 1 Maryland
McGowan v. Bailey, Wilson & Co. 179 Pa. 470 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Bentz v. Maryland Bible Society 86 Md. 102 1897 1 Maryland
Robinson v. Boys 61 N.J.L. 179 1897 1 New Jersey
Braddock Trust Co. v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. 180 Pa. 529 1897 1 Pennsylvania
St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Pierce 8 Del. Ch. 179 1897 1 Delaware
Kimble v. Kimble 17 Wash. 75 1897 1 Washington
Eiseman v. Schneider 60 N.J.L. 291 1897 1 New Jersey
Floyd v. Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. 10 Colo. App. 54 1897 1 Colorado
Brown v. Reed 56 Ohio St. 264 1897 1 Ohio
Gibbs v. Tiffany 4 Pa. Super. 29 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Bank of Chadron v. Anderson 6 Wyo. 518 1897 1 Wyoming
Window v. Stewart 43 W. Va. 711 1897 1 West Virginia