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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Rutherford v. Hewey 59 How. Pr. 231 1880 1 New York
Murphy v. Extraordinary Special & Trial Term of the Supreme Court 294 N.Y. 440 1945 1 New York
Holden v. Strong 116 N.Y. 471 1889 1 New York
Mairs v. Freeman 3 Redf. 181 1877 1 New York
Stillman v. Northrup 109 N.Y. 473 1888 1 New York
In re the Accounting of Niles 113 N.Y. 547 1889 1 New York
Braem v. Merchants' National Bank 127 N.Y. 508 1891 1 New York
Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty v. George Law 125 N.Y. 380 1891 1 New York
Sweet v. Morrison 103 N.Y. 235 1886 1 New York
Upton v. Bedlow 42 How. Pr. 121 1873 1 New York
Tilden v. Green 130 N.Y. 29 1891 1 New York
Wright v. Bank of Metropolis 110 N.Y. 237 1888 1 New York
Hone v. Van Schaick 3 Barb. Ch. 488 1848 1 New York
In re Braithwaite 19 Abb. N. Cas. 113 1887 1 New York
Megowan v. Peterson 173 N.Y. 1 1902 1 New York
Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty of New York v. Brady 151 N.Y. 611 1897 1 New York
Stephens v. People 4 Park. Crim. Rep. 396 1859 1 New York
Miller v. White 5 Redf. 320 1881 1 New York
In re to Construe the Last Will & Testament of Fowles 95 Misc. 48 1916 1 New York
People v. Wansker 38 N.Y. Crim. 365 1920 1 New York