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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Woodyard v. Poisley 14 W. Va. 211 1878 1 West Virginia
State v. Yates 21 W. Va. 761 1883 1 West Virginia
Cohn v. Ward 32 W. Va. 34 1889 1 West Virginia
Greer v. O'Brien 36 W. Va. 277 1892 1 West Virginia
Laidley v. Kline's Adm'r 23 W. Va. 565 1884 1 West Virginia
State v. Donohoo 22 W. Va. 761 1883 1 West Virginia
Payne v. Bowlin 6 W. Va. 273 1873 1 West Virginia
State v. Plants 25 W. Va. 119 1884 1 West Virginia
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
State v. Smith 24 W. Va. 814 1884 1 West Virginia
McFarland v. Douglass 11 W. Va. 637 1877 1 West Virginia
Ogle v. Adams 12 W. Va. 213 1877 1 West Virginia
Sanaker v. Cushwa 3 W. Va. 29 1868 0 West Virginia
Mahnke v. Neale 23 W. Va. 57 1883 1 West Virginia
Waugh v. Richardson 107 W. Va. 43 1929 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
Alleman v. Kight & Bro. 19 W. Va. 201 1881 1 West Virginia