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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Forrest v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co 195 Misc. 12 1949 1 New York
Seymour v. McKinstry 106 N.Y. 230 1887 1 New York
Bean v. Bowen 47 How. Pr. 306 1874 1 New York
Powell v. Waters 8 Cow. 669 1826 1 New York
Braswell v. Pope 82 N.C. 57 1880 1 North Carolina
M'Neill v. Durham & Charlotte Railroad 132 N.C. 510 1903 1 North Carolina
Greensboro Morris Plan Co. v. Palmer 185 N.C. 109 1923 1 North Carolina
State v. Ashford 120 N.C. 588 1897 1 North Carolina
Howell v. Mehegan 174 N.C. 64 1917 1 North Carolina
Ipock v. Gaskins 161 N.C. 673 1913 1 North Carolina
Ernul v. Ernul 191 N.C. 347 1926 1 North Carolina
Maxwell v. Barringer 110 N.C. 76 1892 1 North Carolina
Fowle Memorial Hospital Co. v. Nicholson 190 N.C. 119 1925 1 North Carolina
Paul ex rel. Boyle v. Carpenter 70 N.C. 502 1874 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Proctor 139 N.C. 314 1905 1 North Carolina
Capehart v. Mhoon 58 N.C. 178 1859 1 North Carolina
State v. Bishop 131 N.C. 733 1902 1 North Carolina
In re Will of Everett 153 N.C. 83 1910 1 North Carolina
State v. Barnes 345 N.C. 184 1997 1 North Carolina
In re the Will of Cobb 271 N.C. 307 1967 1 North Carolina