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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Summers v. Bean 54 Va. 404 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hooe v. Hooe 54 Va. 245 1856 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Armstrong's Heirs v. Walkup 53 Va. 608 1855 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Gaw v. Huffman 53 Va. 628 1855 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Snoddy v. Haskins 53 Va. 363 1855 0 Injunction to restrain the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Custis v. Snead 53 Va. 260 1855 0 Suit for partition of land SC of Appeals VA
Moore v. Brooks 53 Va. 135 1855 0 Action to enjoin a sale SC of Appeals VA
Osborne v. Taylor's Adm'r 53 Va. 117 1855 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Hunter v. Lawrence's Adm'r 52 Va. 111 1854 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Claycomb's Legatees v. Claycomb's Ex'or 51 Va. 589 1854 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Foster's Adm'r v. Fosters 51 Va. 485 1853 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Phllips v. Martiney's Ex'or 51 Va. 333 1853 0 Action of trover SC of Appeals VA
Miller v. Holcombe's Ex'or 50 Va. 665 1853 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Williamson's Ex'or v. Goodwyn 50 Va. 503 1852 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Fleming v. Bolling 49 Va. 292 1851 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Myrick's Ex'ors 49 Va. 179 1851 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Allen v. Morgan's Adm'r 49 Va. 60 1851 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Bell v. Calhoun 49 Va. 22 1851 0 Deed of trust SC of Appeals VA
Morris v. Peregoy 48 Va. 373 1851 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. Buchanan 48 Va. 334 1851 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA