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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Letters of Guardianship of the Person & Property of Thorne 212 A.D. 654 1925 1 New York
In re the Estate of McDonald 211 N.Y. 272 1914 1 New York
Greenburg v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 210 N.Y. 505 1914 1 New York
Cerf v. Diener 210 N.Y. 156 1914 1 New York
Miller v. Clary 210 N.Y. 127 1913 1 New York
Van Kleeck v. Dutch Church 20 Wend. 457 1838 0 Will & Trust Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Seymour v. Cagger 20 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 29 1878 1 New York
Sawyer v. Bennett 20 N.Y.S. 45 1892 1 New York
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Recovery for slaves Court of Appeals of New York
In re the Estate of Crichton 20 N.Y.2d 124 1967 1 New York
Le Roy v. Mayor of New-York 20 Johns. 430 1823 1 New York
Oothout v. Thompson 20 Johns. 277 1822 0 Recovery for fraud in sale of slave SC of New York
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Marriage between 2 slaves SC of New York
Wilson v. Wilson 20 How. Pr. 41 1860 1 New York
Underhill v. Saratoga & Washington Rail Road 20 Barb. 455 1855 1 New York
Crook v. Crook 20 Abb.N. Cas. 249 1887 1 New York
In re Acquiring Title by the City of New York 209 N.Y. 127 1913 1 New York
Clowe v. Seavey 208 N.Y. 496 1913 1 New York
People v. Lammes 208 A.D. 533 1924 1 New York
McLean v. McLean 207 N.Y. 365 1913 1 New York