Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Commonwealth 58 Va. 617 1867 1 Virginia
Owners of Steamboat Wenonah v. Bragdon 62 Va. 685 1872 1 Virginia
Vaughan v. Jones 64 Va. 444 1873 1 Virginia
Will of Smith 52 Wis. 543 1881 1 Wisconsin
Carter v. Carter 82 Va. 624 1886 1 Virginia
Harrison & Byrd v. Wissler 98 Va. 597 1900 1 Virginia
Savage v. Bowen 103 Va. 540 1905 1 Virginia
Wallen v. Wallen 107 Va. 131 1907 1 Virginia
Taylor v. Rector, Wardens & Vestrymen of Christ Church 118 N.J. Eq. 288 1935 1 New Jersey
Ebert v. Ebert 120 W. Va. 722 1938 1 West Virginia
Black v. Maxwell 131 W. Va. 247 1948 1 West Virginia
Ford v. Gardner 11 Va. 72 1806 1 Virginia
Paul v. Paul 12 Va. 525 1808 1 Virginia
Adams v. Munter & Brother 74 Ala. 338 1883 1 Alabama
Brown v. Farnham 55 Minn. 27 1893 1 Minnesota
Mason v. Farmers Bank at Petersburg 39 Va. 84 1841 1 Virginia
Davis v. Commonwealth for Leon 54 Va. 139 1856 1 Virginia
Robrecht v. Marling's Adm'r 29 W. Va. 765 1887 1 West Virginia
Erskine v. Gardiner 162 La. 83 1926 1 Louisiana
Indiana & Ohio, Live Stock Insurance v. Bowman 72 W. Va. 704 1913 1 West Virginia