Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Coleman v. Lyne's Executor 25 Va. 455 1826 1 Virginia
Carter v. McArtor 69 Va. 356 1877 1 Virginia
Stamper's Adm'r v. Garnett 72 Va. 550 1879 1 Virginia
Hatcher v. Hall 77 Va. 573 1883 1 Virginia
Cranmer v. McSwords 24 W. Va. 594 1884 1 West Virginia
Wissler v. Craig's Adm'r 80 Va. 22 1885 1 Virginia
State v. Thomas 168 N.C. 146 1914 1 North Carolina
Bell v. Hudson 73 Cal. 285 1887 1 California
McCullough v. Dashiell 85 Va. 37 1888 1 Virginia
Tompkins v. Merriman 155 Pa. 440 1893 1 Pennsylvania
Drake v. Lacoe 157 Pa. 17 1893 1 Pennsylvania
Wendover v. Baker 121 Mo. 273 1894 1 Missouri
Evans v. Johnson 39 W. Va. 299 1894 1 West Virginia
Wellman v. Virginian Railway Co. 85 W. Va. 169 1919 1 West Virginia
Garrity v. Miller 204 Cal. 454 1928 1 California
Holtzman v. Castleman 9 D.C. 555 1876 1 District of Columbia
Erwin v. Nolan 280 Mo. 401 1920 1 Missouri
Graybill v. Brugh 89 Va. 895 1893 1 Virginia
Dyer v. Duffy 39 W. Va. 148 1894 1 West Virginia
Gish's Executor v. Jamison 96 Va. 312 1898 1 Virginia