Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Tyler v. Nelson’s Adm’x 55 Va. 214 1858 1 Virginia
Read v. Read 9 Va. 160 1804 1 Virginia
Rogers v. Pattie 96 Va. 498 1898 1 Virginia
Rossett v. Fisher 52 Va. 492 1854 1 Virginia
Chapmans v. Chapman 15 Va. 398 1810 1 Virginia
Bell v. Allen's Administrator 17 Va. 118 1812 1 Virginia
Swineford v. Virginia Trust Co. 154 Va. 751 1930 1 Virginia
Tompkins v. Mitchell 23 Va. 428 1824 1 Virginia
Claiborne v. Parrish 2 Va. 146 1795 1 Virginia
Douglass v. Fagg 35 Va. 588 1837 1 Virginia
Pettit v. Jennings 41 Va. 676 1844 1 Virginia
Harnsberger v. Yancey 74 Va. 527 1880 1 Virginia
Radcliff v. High 41 Va. 271 1843 1 Virginia
Gilliat v. Lynch 29 Va. 493 1831 1 Virginia
Literary Fund v. Dawson's Ex'or 40 Va. 402 1842 1 Virginia
Chichester's v. Mason 34 Va. 244 1836 1 Virginia
Seaburn's Ex'or v. Seaburn 56 Va. 423 1859 1 Virginia
Kinnaird v. Miller's Ex'or 66 Va. 107 1874 1 Virginia
Green v. Spaulding 76 Va. 411 1882 1 Virginia
Blessing's Adm'rs v. Beatty 40 Va. 287 1842 1 Virginia