Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Chitwood v. Collins 122 W. Va. 267 1940 1 West Virginia
Bell v. Kanawha Traction & Electric Co. 83 W. Va. 640 1919 1 West Virginia
Kern v. Zeigler 13 W. Va. 707 1878 1 West Virginia
Fisher v. Poling 78 W. Va. 289 1916 1 West Virginia
Gillespie v. Allen 37 W. Va. 675 1893 1 West Virginia
Kerr v. Lunsford 31 W. Va. 659 1888 1 West Virginia
Peters v. Kanawha Banking & Trust Co. 118 W. Va. 484 1937 1 West Virginia
Lyman v. Thompson 11 W. Va. 427 1877 1 West Virginia
Bank of Mill Creek v. Elk Horn Coal Corp. 133 W. Va. 639 1950 1 West Virginia
Fisher v. Flanagan Coal Co. 86 W. Va. 460 1920 1 West Virginia
Robinson v. Welty 40 W. Va. 385 1895 1 West Virginia
Sinnett v. Goff 89 W. Va. 629 1921 1 West Virginia
Bierne v. Brown's Adm'r 10 W. Va. 748 1877 1 West Virginia
Short v. Short 74 W. Va. 560 1914 1 West Virginia
Ruffner v. Hill 21 W. Va. 152 1882 1 West Virginia
Hull's Adm'r v. Hull's Heirs 35 W. Va. 155 1891 1 West Virginia
Todd & Smith v. Gates 20 W. Va. 464 1882 1 West Virginia
Setzer v. Beale 19 W. Va. 274 1882 1 West Virginia
Henen v. B. & O. R. R. 17 W. Va. 881 1881 1 West Virginia
Neely v. Jones 16 W. Va. 625 1880 1 West Virginia