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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Herndon v. Carr 1 Jefferson 132 1772 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Scarbury v. Barber 2 Va. Col. Dec. 274 1739 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Dunn v. Wythe 2 Va. Col. Dec. 76 1739 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Farrow v. Farrow 2 Va. Col. Dec. 243 1737 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Slaughter v. Whitelock 2 Va. Col. Dec. 358 1737 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Waddy v. Sturman 1 Va. Col. Dec. 171 1731 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Waddy v. Sturman 1 Jefferson 5 1731 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Edmonds v. Hughes 1 Jefferson 2 1730 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Edmonds v. Hughs 1 Va. Col. Dec. 146 1730 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Lanier v. Br. Bank 18 Ala. 625 1851 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Puryear v. Cabell 65 Va. 260 1874 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Buck v. Wroten 65 Va. 250 1874 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Moss v. Moorman's Adm'r 65 Va. 97 1873 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Johns v. Scoot 64 Va. 704 1873 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
May v. Joynes 61 Va. 692 1871 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Rhett v. Mason's Ex'x 59 Va. 541 1868 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Tebbs v. Duval 58 Va. 349 1867 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Tabb's Curator v. Cabell 58 Va. 160 1867 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Penn's Adm'rs v. Spencer 58 Va. 85 1866 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bennett v. Toler 56 Va. 588 1860 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA