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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Pickett v. Chilton 19 Va. 467 1817 0 Marriage Settlement SC of Appeals VA
Roane's Executors v. Hern 1 Va. 47 1791 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Matthews v. Noel 19 Va. 460 1817 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Travis v. Claiborne 19 Va. 435 1817 0 Agency ? SC of Appeals VA
Dust v. Conrod 19 Va. 411 1817 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Cooper v. Hepburn 56 Va. 551 1860 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Mayor of Alexandria v. Chapman 14 Va. 270 1809 0 Municipal Corporations SC of Appeals VA
Cabell's Executors v. Megginson's Administrators 20 Va. 202 1818 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Alexander v. Deneale 16 Va. 341 1811 0 Action of fraud SC of Appeals VA
Pollard v. Baylor's Devisees 14 Va. 223 1809 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Syme v. Montague 14 Va. 180 1809 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Applebury v. Anthony's Executors 1 Va. 287 1794 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Galt v. Carter 20 Va. 245 1818 0 Suit of injunction SC of Appeals VA
Lee v. Cooke 1 Va. 306 1794 0 Action of covenant SC of Appeals VA
Boatright v. Meggs 18 Va. 145 1814 0 Action in detinue SC of Appeals VA
Fitzhugh's Ex'or v. Fitzhugh 52 Va. 300 1854 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
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
Lowry v. Mountjoy 10 Va. 55 1806 0 Action of trover SC of Appeals VA