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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Livingston 63 How. Pr. 242 1882 1 New York
People v. Bodine 1 Denio 281 1845 1 New York
People v. Gibbs 93 N.Y. 470 1883 1 New York
Collins v. Collins 71 N.Y. 269 1877 1 New York
Van Zandt v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance 55 N.Y. 169 1873 1 New York
People ex rel. Penny v. Board of Excise 40 N.Y.S. 741 1896 1 New York
Commerce Exchange National Bank of Chicago v. Blye 123 N.Y. 132 1890 1 New York
In re Accounts of Van Houten 18 A.D. 301 1897 1 New York
In re Van Houten’s Estate 46 N.Y.S. 190 1897 1 New York
Laning v. New York Central Railroad 49 N.Y. 521 1872 1 New York
Plant v. Harrison 36 Misc. 649 1902 1 New York
First National Bank v. Dun 36 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 529 1883 1 New York
Seton, Maitland & Co. v. Low 1 Johns. Cas. 1 1799 1 New York
Smith v. Felton 43 N.Y. 419 1871 1 New York
Butler v. Wehle 6 Thomp. & Cook 241 1875 1 New York
Butler v. Wehle 11 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 54 1875 1 New York
Davis v. Toulmin 77 N.Y. 280 1879 1 New York
Browne v. Bedford 4 Dem. Sur. 304 1886 1 New York
Platt v. Stewart 47 How. Pr. 206 1874 1 New York
Gillett v. Bate 86 N.Y. 87 1881 1 New York