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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Howell v. Cowles 47 Va. 393 1849 0 SC of Appeals VA
Reynolds v. Bank of Va. 47 Va. 174 1849 0 SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Flint 47 Va. 40 1849 0 SC of Appeals VA
Kelly v. Scott 46 Va. 479 1849 0 SC of Appeals VA
Wills' adm'r v. Dunn's adm'r 46 Va. 384 1849 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ewing's Case 46 Va. 701 1848 0 General Ct. of VA
Peter v. Hargrave 46 Va. 12 1848 0 SC of Appeals VA
Chinn v. Murray 45 Va. 348 1848 0 SC of Appeals VA
Heth v. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R. 45 Va. 482 1848 0 SC of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Beale 45 Va. 93 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Purcell v. Wilson 45 Va. 16 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Anglin v. Bottom 44 Va. 1 1846 0 SC of Appeals VA
Dickinson v. Dickinson's Adm'r 43 Va. 493 1846 0 SC of Appeals VA
Leake v. Ferguson 43 Va. 419 1846 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ex parte Ball 43 Va. 588 1845 0 General Ct. of VA
Wynn v. Carrell 43 Va. 227 1845 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lucy v. Cheminant's Adm'rs 43 Va. 36 1845 0 SC of Appeals VA
Kevan v. Branch 42 Va. 275 1844 0 SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Smith & Burwell 42 Va. 554 1844 0 General Ct. of VA
Ellis v. Jenny 41 Va. 597 1844 0 SC of Appeals VA