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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Bissing v. Smith 66 N.Y. St. Rep. 796 1895 1 New York
Bissing v. Smith 33 N.Y.S. 123 1895 1 New York
Hencken v. United States Life Insurance 11 Daly (N.Y.) 282 1882 1 New York
Brown v. Curtiss 2 N.Y. 225 1849 1 New York
Ellis v. Brown 6 Barb. 282 1849 1 New York
Chapman v. Phenix National Bank 44 N.Y. Super. Ct. 340 1878 1 New York
People v. Vermilyea 7 Cow. 369 1827 1 New York
Chapman v. Phœnix National Bank 85 N.Y. 437 1881 1 New York
In re Lenahan 21 Abb. N. Cas. 282 1888 1 New York
Hickenbottom v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad 122 N.Y. 91 1890 1 New York
People v. Peck 138 N.Y. 386 1893 1 New York
Calkins v. Calkins 3 Barb. 305 1848 1 New York
Holden v. Strong 116 N.Y. 471 1889 1 New York
People v. Giblin 115 N.Y. 196 1889 1 New York
Eaton v. Allegany Gas Co. 122 N.Y. 416 1890 1 New York
Green v. Green 14 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 492 1876 1 New York
Green v. Green 69 N.Y. 553 1877 1 New York
Hotaling v. A. B. Leach & Co. 126 Misc. 845 1926 1 New York
Osborn v. Gantz 60 N.Y. 540 1875 1 New York
Bliss v. West 11 N.Y.S. 374 1890 1 New York