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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Lynch v. Clarke 1 Sand. Ch. 583 1844 1 New York
Henry v. Lowell 16 Barb. 268 1853 1 New York
In re Briscoe 51 How. Pr. 422 1876 1 New York
Cornell v. Travelers’ Insurance 175 N.Y. 239 1903 1 New York
Ockerman v. Cross 54 N.Y. 29 1873 1 New York
People v. Kibler 106 N.Y. 321 1887 1 New York
Galusha v. Galusha 116 N.Y. 635 1889 1 New York
First National Bank v. Ocean National Bank 60 N.Y. 278 1875 1 New York
Hovey v. Elliott 28 N.Y. St. Rep. 761 1890 1 New York
Holbrook v. New Jersey Zinc Co. 57 N.Y. 616 1874 1 New York
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
People v. Ware 1 N.Y. Crim. 166 1883 1 New York
Hunt v. Hunt 72 N.Y. 217 1878 1 New York
Mellen v. Mellen 10 Abb. N. Cas. 329 1882 1 New York
Hamilton v. Third Avenue Railroad 53 N.Y. 25 1873 1 New York
Nelson v. McDonald 41 N.Y. St. Rep. 1 1891 1 New York
Greenvault v. Davis 4 Hill & Den. 643 1843 1 New York
Schneider v. McFarland 2 N.Y. 459 1849 1 New York
Platt v. Stewart 47 How. Pr. 206 1874 1 New York
Ryan v. People 79 N.Y. 593 1880 1 New York