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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Williams v. Hayes 5 How. Pr. 470 1851 1 New York
Canavan v. City of Mechanicville 229 N.Y. 473 1920 1 New York
Lake v. Lake 194 N.Y. 179 1909 1 New York
Vincent v. People 15 Abb. Pr. 234 1862 1 New York
O'Gorman v. Mayor of New York 67 N.Y. 486 1876 1 New York
Kelley v. Weber 9 Abb. N. Cas. 62 1880 1 New York
Ferrer v. Pyne 81 N.Y. 281 1880 1 New York
Morton v. Thurber 85 N.Y. 550 1881 1 New York
Seymour v. Cagger 20 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 29 1878 1 New York
Wood v. Wood 83 N.Y. 575 1881 1 New York
In re the Estate of Underhill 176 Misc. 737 1941 1 New York
Galway v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co. 128 N.Y. 132 1891 1 New York
Pardee v. Kanady 100 N.Y. 121 1885 1 New York
In re Benedict's Will 11 N.Y.S. 252 1889 1 New York
Hurst v. Trow's Printing & Bookbinding Co. 30 Abb.N. Cas. 1 1893 1 New York
Macauley v. Smith 132 N.Y. 524 1892 1 New York
In re the Estate of Gilman 251 N.Y. 265 1929 1 New York
Webster v. Ryan 189 Misc. 2d 86 2001 1 New York
Schmitt v. Dry Dock, East Broadway & Battery Railroad 2 N.Y. City Ct. Rep. 359 1886 1 New York
Munro v. Merchant 28 N.Y. 9 1863 1 New York