Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jessup v. Jessup 17 Ind. App. 177 1897 1 Indiana
Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty of New York v. Brady 151 N.Y. 611 1897 1 New York
Levar v. State 103 Ga. 42 1897 1 Georgia
Stockbridge v. Franklin Bank 86 Md. 189 1897 1 Maryland
Craig & Bumgardner v. Hoge & Hutchinson 95 Va. 275 1897 1 Virginia
Dexter v. Gordon 11 App. D.C. 60 1897 1 District of Columbia
Long v. Meriden Britannia Co. 94 Va. 594 1897 1 Virginia
Sowles v. Bailey 69 Vt. 277 1897 1 Vermont
Wood v. State 63 Ark. 337 1897 1 Arkansas
Police Jury of Lafourche v. Police Jury of Terrebonne 49 La. Ann. 1331 1897 1 Louisiana
Dickson v. Back 32 Or. 217 1897 1 Oregon
Frush v. Green 1 Balt. C. Rep. 617 1897 1 Maryland
In re Estate of Miller 179 Pa. 645 1897 1 Pennsylvania
Rea v. McDonald 68 Minn. 187 1897 1 Minnesota
Masterman v. Masterman 58 Kan. 748 1897 1 Kansas
Kimble v. Kimble 17 Wash. 75 1897 1 Washington
Smith v. Matthews 152 N.Y. 152 1897 1 New York
McCartney v. Fletcher 11 App. D.C. 1 1897 1 District of Columbia
Burnett v. Wilmington, Newbern & Norfolk Railway Co. 120 N.C. 517 1897 1 North Carolina
Crockett v. Commonwealth 100 Ky. 389 1897 1 Kentucky