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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Timberlake v. Graves 20 Va. 174 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Garth's Executors v. Barksdale 19 Va. 101 1816 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Elam v. Bass's Executors 18 Va. 301 1814 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hardaway v. Manson 16 Va. 230 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Patterson v. Franklin 34 Va. 590 1836 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Syme v. Montague 14 Va. 180 1809 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Taliaferro v. Horde's Administrators 22 Va. 242 1822 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Urquhart v. Clarke 23 Va. 549 1824 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. Fullerson 22 Va. 15 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Dandridge v. Minge 25 Va. 397 1826 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hamilton v. Shrewsbury 25 Va. 428 1826 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Guerrant v. Anderson 25 Va. 208 1826 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Gregory v. Baugh 25 Va. (4 Rand.) 611 1827 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Cunningham v. Mitchell 25 Va. 189 1826 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Sallust v. Ruth 25 Va. 67 1826 0 Action of assault, battery, & to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Goodrich v. Harding 24 Va. 280 1825 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Lewis's Administrator v. Wyatt 23 Va. 114 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Royall's Administrators v. Johnson 22 Va. 421 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Dempsey v. Lawrence 21 Va. 333 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA