Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Paul v. Paul 12 Va. 525 1808 1 Virginia
Adams v. Munter & Brother 74 Ala. 338 1883 1 Alabama
Brown v. Farnham 55 Minn. 27 1893 1 Minnesota
Mason v. Farmers Bank at Petersburg 39 Va. 84 1841 1 Virginia
Davis v. Commonwealth for Leon 54 Va. 139 1856 1 Virginia
Robrecht v. Marling's Adm'r 29 W. Va. 765 1887 1 West Virginia
Erskine v. Gardiner 162 La. 83 1926 1 Louisiana
Indiana & Ohio, Live Stock Insurance v. Bowman 72 W. Va. 704 1913 1 West Virginia
Burns Bros. v. Morrison 36 W. Va. 423 1892 1 West Virginia
Mooreand v. Holcombe 30 Va. 597 1832 1 Virginia
Burwell v. Burwell's Guardian 78 Va. 574 1884 1 Virginia
Seig v. Acord's Ex'or 62 Va. 365 1871 1 Virginia
Switzer v. Noffsinger 82 Va. 518 1886 1 Virginia
Myers v. Myers 6 W. Va. 369 1873 1 West Virginia
Charleston & Southside Bridge Co. v. Comstock 36 W. Va. 263 1892 1 West Virginia
Turner v. Barraud 102 Va. 324 1904 1 Virginia
Langston v. Bassette 104 Va. 47 1905 1 Virginia
Weaver v. Glenn 104 Va. 443 1905 1 Virginia
Hardaway v. Jones 100 Va. 481 1902 1 Virginia
Mullanny v. Nangle 212 Ill. 247 1904 1 Illinois