Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Abel v. Smith 151 Va. 568 1928 1 Virginia
Wilson v. Rucker 5 Va. 500 1799 1 Virginia
Hord v. Dishman 9 Va. 279 1804 1 Virginia
M'Rae's Executors v. Woods' Executor 11 Va. 548 1807 1 Virginia
Armstrong v. Hickman 20 Va. 287 1819 1 Virginia
Hammond v. Hammond 21 Ohio St. 620 1871 1 Ohio
Coleman v. Moody 14 Va. 1 1809 1 Virginia
Payne v. Ellzey 2 Va. 143 1795 1 Virginia
Booker's Exrs. v. M'Roberts 5 Va. 243 1798 1 Virginia
Hook v. Turnbull 10 Va. 85 1806 1 Virginia
Findley v. Tipton 5 Tenn. 216 1817 1 Tennessee
Lytle v. Davies 2 Ohio 277 1826 1 Ohio
Commonwealth v. Jackson's Ex'or 28 Va. 485 1829 1 Virginia
Gildart's Administrator v. Howell 2 Miss. 198 1835 1 Mississippi
Saeltzer v. Ginther 2 Miles 86 1837 1 Pennsylvania
People v. Backus 5 Cal. 275 1855 1 California
Bishop v. State 9 Ga. 121 1850 1 Georgia
Delashmut v. Trau 44 Iowa 613 1876 1 Iowa
State v. Bruce 48 Iowa 530 1878 1 Iowa
Boles v. State 21 Miss. 398 1850 1 Mississippi