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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Gaffney v. People 50 N.Y. 416 1872 1 New York
People v. Barberi 149 N.Y. 256 1896 1 New York
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
Van Zandt v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance 55 N.Y. 169 1873 1 New York
In re Kirk 1 Park. Crim. Rep. 67 1846 1 New York
Riggs v. Pursell 74 N.Y. 370 1878 1 New York
Demeyer v. Legg 18 Barb. 14 1853 1 New York
In re Wheeler 32 A.D. 183 1898 1 New York
In re Hurst’s Estate 97 N.Y.S. 697 1906 1 New York
In re the Estate of Ford 16 A.D.2d 683 1962 1 New York
Lefevre v. Lefevre 2 Thomp. & Cook 330 1873 1 New York
People v. Greenfield 30 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 454 1881 1 New York
Tilden v. Green 130 N.Y. 29 1891 1 New York
Edgerly v. Bush 81 N.Y. 199 1880 1 New York
Lawrence v. Trustees of Leake & Watts Orphan House 2 Denio 577 1845 1 New York
Reynolds v. Robinson 82 N.Y. 103 1880 1 New York
People v. Brooklyn, Flatbush & Coney Island Railway Co. 89 N.Y. 75 1882 1 New York
In re Barclay 91 N.Y. 430 1883 1 New York
People v. Willett 92 N.Y. 29 1883 1 New York
Nelson v. McDonald 68 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 406 1891 1 New York