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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Newton v. Porter 69 N.Y. 133 1877 1 New York
Weed v. Weed 94 N.Y. 243 1883 1 New York
Burnham v. Comfort 44 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 216 1885 1 New York
Burnham v. Comfort 13 N.Y. St. Rep. 820 1888 1 New York
Brevoort v. Warner 8 How. Pr. 321 1853 1 New York
Hunter v. Hunter 17 Barb. 25 1853 1 New York
Coyne v. Coyne 187 Misc. 569 1946 1 New York
Howland v. Union Theological Seminary 5 N.Y. 194 1851 1 New York
Tucker v. Tucker 5 Barb. 99 1848 1 New York
Fritts v. Slade 16 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 145 1876 1 New York
People v. Sherlock 166 N.Y. 180 1901 1 New York
Sanford v. Sanford 58 N.Y. 69 1874 1 New York
Coster v. Murray 7 Johns. Ch. 167 1823 1 New York
Jaques v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church 17 Johns. 548 1820 1 New York
Hutchins v. Hutchins 98 N.Y. 56 1885 1 New York
Phillips v. Prevost 4 Johns. Ch. 205 1819 1 New York
Duncan v. Lyon 3 Johns. Ch. 351 1818 1 New York
In re the Estate of Adler 107 Misc. 574 1919 1 New York
In re Darrow's Estate 118 N.Y.S. 1082 1909 1 New York
In re the Estate of Darrow 7 Mills Surr. 240 1909 1 New York