Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Bishop v. Harrison's Adm'r 29 Va. 532 1831 1 Virginia
Humphrey v. Hitt 47 Va. 509 1850 1 Virginia
Meeks' Adm'r v. Thompson 49 Va. 134 1851 1 Virginia
Boyle v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 674 1838 1 Virginia
Caruthers's Adm'rs v. Trustees of Lexington 39 Va. 610 1841 1 Virginia
Armstrong v. Stone 50 Va. 102 1852 1 Virginia
Page v. Booth 40 Va. 161 1842 1 Virginia
Lesslie's Ex'or v. Brown's Ex'ors 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 216 1855 1 Virginia
Marsteller v. Weaver's Adm'x 42 Va. 392 1845 1 Virginia
M'Alexander v. Harris 20 Va. 465 1820 1 Virginia
Walker v. Commonwealth 59 Va. 13 1867 1 Virginia
Governor for Fisher v. Vanmeter 36 Va. 18 1837 1 Virginia
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Saunders' Ex'or 54 Va. 354 1856 1 Virginia
Finney v. Bennett 68 Va. 365 1876 1 Virginia
Coleman v. Commonwealth 66 Va. 865 1874 1 Virginia
King v. Merryman 196 Va. 844 1955 1 Virginia
Taliaferro v. Franklin 42 Va. 333 1845 1 Virginia
Rohr v. Davis 36 Va. 22 1837 1 Virginia
Birthright v. Hall 17 Va. 536 1812 1 Virginia
Cabell's Executors v. Roberts' Administrators 27 Va. 580 1828 1 Virginia