Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Baxter v. Hamilton 20 Mont. 327 1897 1 Montana
Kelley v. Kelley 182 Pa. 131 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Nelson v. Crescent City Railroad 49 La. Ann. 491 1897 1 Louisiana
Kimball & Fink v. Friend's Adm' r 95 Va. 125 1897 1 Virginia
Estate of Bartol 182 Pa. 407 1897 1 Pennsylvania
In re Estate of James 3 Coffey 130 1897 1 California
People v. Bennett 5 Cal. Unrep. 824 1897 1 California
Buxton v. Shaffer 43 W. Va. 296 1897 1 West Virginia
Estate of Seibert 4 Pa. Super. 514 1897 1 Pennsylvania
In re Estate of Adams 183 Pa. 134 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Wall v. Royal Society of Good Fellows 179 Pa. 355 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Daniels v. Solomon 11 App. D.C. 163 1897 1 District of Columbia
United States ex rel. Bernardin v. Seymour 10 App. D.C. 294 1897 1 District of Columbia
Estate of Lannon 5 Coffey 416 1897 1 California
Philpot v. Lucas 101 Iowa 478 1897 1 Iowa
Dick v. Harby 48 S.C. 516 1897 1 South Carolina
Hamilton v. Dooly 15 Utah 280 1897 1 Utah
Fisher v. White 94 Va. 236 1897 1 Virginia
Atlanta Guano Co. v. Hunt 100 Tenn. 89 1897 1 Tennessee
Carver v. Steele 116 Cal. 116 1897 1 California