Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Webb City & Carterville Waterworks Co. v. City of Carterville 142 Mo. 101 1897 1 Missouri
Bram v. United States 168 U.S. 532 1897 1 United States
Chittenden v. Wurster 14 A.D. 483 1897 1 New York
Weil v. Schwartz 49 La. Ann. 582 1897 1 Louisiana
Bradley Salt Co. v. Norfolk Importing & Exporting Co. 95 Va. 461 1897 1 Virginia
Weems v. Love Manufacturing Co. 74 Miss. 831 1897 1 Mississippi
Puryear v. Friery 16 Tex. Civ. App. 316 1897 1 Texas
Harris v. Masterson 91 Tex. 171 1897 1 Texas
Walters v. Tielkemeyer 72 Mo. App. 371 1897 1 Missouri
Chemical Bank v. Bulkley 68 Mo. App. 327 1897 1 Missouri
Young v. Easley 94 Va. 193 1897 1 Virginia
Sims ex rel. Sprinkle v. Sims 121 N.C. 297 1897 1 North Carolina
Carey v. Foster 7 Wyo. 216 1897 1 Wyoming
Martin v. Trail 142 Mo. 85 1897 1 Missouri
Union Pac. Ry. Co. v. Yates 79 F. 584 1897 1 United States
Succession of Heffner 49 La. Ann. 407 1897 1 Louisiana
Succession of Heffner 49 La. Ann. 1443 1897 1 Louisiana
Hudnall v. Paine 39 Fla. 67 1897 1 Florida
Electric Light Co. v. Gas Co. 99 Tenn. 371 1897 1 Tennessee
Stokes v. Pillow 64 Ark. 1 1897 1 Arkansas