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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Buster v. Ruffner 19 Va. 27 1816 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Scott v. Gibbon 19 Va. 86 1816 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Blakey v. Newby's Administrators 20 Va. 64 1818 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Allen v. Freeland 24 Va. 170 1825 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Robertson v. Archer 26 Va. 319 1827 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Stevenson v. Singleton 28 Va. 72 1829 0 Contracts SC of Appeals VA
Bishop's Ex'or v. Bishop 29 Va. 484 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Literary Fund v. Dawson 37 Va. 147 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Huston's Adm'r v. Cantril 38 Va. 136 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Anderson's Ex'ors v. Anderson 38 Va. 616 1841 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Calwells v. Sheilds & Somerville 41 Va. 305 1843 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Philips v. Williams 46 Va. 259 1848 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Watson v. Fletcher 48 Va. 1 1850 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Peter v. Hargrave 46 Va. 12 1848 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Welles v. Cole 47 Va. 645 1849 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Anderson, adm'r v. Burwell's ex'ors 47 Va. 405 1849 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Nelson's Adm'r v. Cornwell 52 Va. 724 1854 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
William & Mary College v. Powell 53 Va. 372 1855 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Tomlinson v. Dillard 7 Va. 105 1801 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA