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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hays v. Wood 25 Va. 272 1826 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Dabney v. Taliaferro 25 Va. 256 1826 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Land v. Otley 25 Va. 213 1826 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Carter v. Harris 25 Va. 199 1826 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Sydnor v. Burke 25 Va. 162 1826 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Burwell's Ex'ors v. Anderson 30 Va. 348 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
M'Michen v. Amos 25 Va. 134 1826 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Samuel v. Marshall 30 Va. 567 1832 0 Sut in equity SC of Appeals VA
Lynch v. Thomas 30 Va. 682 1832 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Shields v. Anderson 30 Va. 729 1832 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hepburn v. Dundas 54 Va. 219 1856 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Robinson's Administrator v. Brock 11 Va. 212 1807 0 Marriage Settlement SC of Appeals VA
Daniel v. Leitch 54 Va. 195 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Chapman v. Campbell 54 Va. 105 1856 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
McDaniel v. Baskervill 54 Va. 228 1856 0 Trusts & Estates SC of Appeals VA
Dance v. Seaman 52 Va. 778 1854 0 Action to set aside a deed of trust SC of Appeals VA
Smith's Adm'r v. Betty 52 Va. 752 1854 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Beckley v. Palmer 52 Va. 625 1854 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hill v. Manser 52 Va. 522 1854 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Fitzhugh's Ex'or v. Fitzhugh 52 Va. 300 1854 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA