Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Mason v. Harper's Ferry Bridge Co. 20 W. Va. 223 1882 1 West Virginia
State ex rel. Lanham v. Harmon 15 W. Va. 115 1879 1 West Virginia
Payne v. Bowlin 6 W. Va. 273 1873 1 West Virginia
Grinnan v. Edwards 5 W. Va. 111 1872 1 West Virginia
Newman v. Mollohan 10 W. Va. 488 1877 1 West Virginia
Lyman v. Thompson 11 W. Va. 427 1877 1 West Virginia
Cunningham v. Ward 30 W. Va. 572 1888 1 West Virginia
Beard v. Callison 133 W. Va. 121 1949 1 West Virginia
Joseph v. Pyle 2 W. Va. 449 1868 1 West Virginia
Rutter v. Sullivan 25 W. Va. 427 1885 1 West Virginia
Chapman v. Maitland 22 W. Va. 329 1883 1 West Virginia
Morris' Admr. v. Peyton's Admr. 10 W. Va. 1 1877 1 West Virginia
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Matthews v. Dunbar 3 W. Va. 138 1869 0 West Virginia
Mahnke v. Neale 23 W. Va. 57 1883 1 West Virginia
Carper v. Kanawha Banking & Trust Co. 157 W. Va. 477 1974 1 West Virginia
Indiana & Ohio, Live Stock Insurance v. Bowman 72 W. Va. 704 1913 1 West Virginia
French v. Pocahontas Coal & Coke Co. 87 W. Va. 226 1920 1 West Virginia
Zane v. Sawtell 11 W. Va. 43 1877 1 West Virginia