Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Koiner v. Rankin's Heirs 52 Va. 420 1854 1 Virginia
Erskine's Ex'ors v. North 55 Va. 60 1857 1 Virginia
Ushers' Heirs v. Pride 56 Va. 190 1858 1 Virginia
Allen v. Paul 65 Va. 332 1874 1 Virginia
Adams v. Alkire 20 W. Va. 480 1882 1 West Virginia
Core v. Faupel 24 W. Va. 238 1884 1 West Virginia
Ketchum v. Spurlock 34 W. Va. 597 1891 1 West Virginia
Gildersleeve v. New Mexico Mining Co. 6 N.M. 27 1891 1 New Mexico
Downing v. Mayes 153 Ill. 330 1894 1 Illinois
Depriest v. Jones 2 Va. Dec. 109 1895 1 Virginia
Chapman v. Chapman 91 Va. 397 1895 1 Virginia
Bassett v. Inhabitants of Harwich 180 Mass. 585 1902 1 Massachusetts
Marbach v. Holmes 105 Va. 178 1906 1 Virginia
McMurray v. Dixon 105 Va. 605 1906 1 Virginia
Yellow Poplar Lumber Co. v. Thompson's Heirs 108 Va. 612 1908 1 Virginia
Williamson v. Wayland Oil & Gas Co. 79 W. Va. 754 1917 1 West Virginia
Payne v. Hutcheson 73 Va. 812 1880 1 Virginia
Gordon, Rankin & Co. v. Tweedy 71 Ala. 202 1881 1 Alabama
Savings Bank v. Todd 114 Va. 708 1913 1 Virginia
State v. Swepson 79 N.C. 632 1878 1 North Carolina