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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Overton v. Maben 37 Va. 609 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Randolph's Ex'or v. Tucker 37 Va. 655 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Corbin v. Emmerson 37 Va. 663 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Fisher v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 673 1840 0 General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Pleasant 37 Va. 697 1840 0 General Ct. of VA
Catlett v. Marshall 37 Va. 79 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Janney v. Barnes 38 Va. 100 1840 1 Virginia
Campbells v. Patterson 38 Va. 113 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Huston's Adm'r v. Cantril 38 Va. 136 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Grove v. Little 38 Va. 180 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Segar v. Edwards 38 Va. 213 1840 1 Virginia
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Charlton v. Gardner 38 Va. 281 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Powell's Ex'ors v. White 38 Va. 309 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hughes v. Caldwell 38 Va. 342 1840 1 Virginia