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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Newell v. Nichols 19 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 604 1878 1 New York
Bissing v. Smith 92 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 564 1895 1 New York
Keep v. Keep 7 Abb. N. Cas. 240 1879 1 New York
Preston v. Palmer 23 Abb. N. Cas. 452 1889 1 New York
Riggs v. Palmer 115 N.Y. 506 1889 1 New York
Sanford v. Goodell 7 Misc. 334 1894 1 New York
Sanford v. Goodell 58 N.Y. St. Rep. 562 1894 1 New York
Sanford v. Goodell 28 N.Y.S. 129 1894 1 New York
People v. Benham 160 N.Y. 402 1899 1 New York
Pierson v. People 79 N.Y. 424 1880 1 New York
Iden v. Sommers 18 N.Y.S. 189 1892 1 New York
In re the Probate of the Will of Hopkins 172 N.Y. 360 1902 1 New York
Chace v. Lamphere 58 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 524 1889 1 New York
Youngs v. Carter 17 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 194 1877 1 New York
Holden v. Strong 116 N.Y. 471 1889 1 New York
Meads v. Lansingh 1 Hopk. Ch. 124 1824 1 New York
Agar v. Orda 264 N.Y. 248 1934 1 New York
Louis Michel, Inc. v. Whitecourt Construction Corp. 264 N.Y. 23 1934 1 New York
Bank of California v. Webb 94 N.Y. 467 1884 1 New York
Schiffer v. Dietz 83 N.Y. 300 1881 1 New York