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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Sweet v. Morrison 103 N.Y. 235 1886 1 New York
Lamb v. Camden & Amboy Railroad & Transportation Co. 2 Daly (N.Y.) 454 1869 1 New York
Calkins v. Calkins 3 Barb. 305 1848 1 New York
People v. Vermilyea 7 Cow. 369 1827 1 New York
Pierce v. Pierce 16 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 50 1876 1 New York
Brown v. Curtiss 2 N.Y. 225 1849 1 New York
Colorado & Southern Railway Co. v. Blair 214 N.Y. 497 1915 1 New York
Bissing v. Smith 33 N.Y.S. 123 1895 1 New York
Hedgepeth v. Robertson 18 Tex. 858 1857 0 New York
Dwight v. Germania Life Insurance 84 N.Y. 493 1881 1 New York
Bissing v. Smith 66 N.Y. St. Rep. 796 1895 1 New York
Bissing v. Smith 92 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 564 1895 1 New York
Johnston v. Spicer 107 N.Y. 185 1887 1 New York
Eaton v. Allegany Gas Co. 122 N.Y. 416 1890 1 New York
In re Sawyer 31 Abb. N. Cas. 342 1894 1 New York
In re Zerega's Will 1 Pow. Surr. 209 1892 1 New York
Piper v. Hoard 107 N.Y. 67 1887 1 New York
Read v. People 86 N.Y. 381 1881 1 New York
Dawson v. People 25 N.Y. 399 1862 1 New York
Walker v. Devereaux 4 Paige Ch. 229 1833 1 New York