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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ulzire v. Poeyfarre 2 Mart. (n.s.) 504 1824 0 Freedom suit Louisiana
Desdunes v. Miller 2 Mart. (n.s.) 53 1824 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, suretyship Louisiana
Ford's Curator v. Ford 2 Mart. (n.s.) 574 1824 0 Successions, community property, property, conflict of laws, trusts, renunciation, promissory notes, contracts, domicil Louisiana
Chretien v. Theard 2 Mart. (n.s.) 582 1824 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, fraud, prescription, criminal law, property Louisiana
Syndics of Weimprender v. Weimprender 2 Mart. (n.s.) 591 1824 0 Syndic, fraud, sales, debts, property, prescription, property Louisiana
Chesneau v. Girod 2 Mart. (n.s.) 612 1824 0 Successions, property, sales, conversion Louisiana
Carian v. Rieffel 2 Mart. (n.s.) 619 1824 0 Sales, hypothecary action, debts, contracts Louisiana
Sikes v. Allen 2 Mart. (n.s.) 622 1824 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, warranty Louisiana
Delphine v. Deveze 2 Mart. (n.s.) 650 1824 0 Freedom suit, successions, damages, prescription Louisiana
Agaisse v. Guedron 2 Mart. (n.s.) 73 1824 0 Successions, property, sales, debts, privileges, restitution Louisiana
Orleans Navigation Co v. Mayor of New-Orleans 2 Mart. (o.s.) 10 1811 0 Servitude, corporeal rights, incorporeal rights, wages, construction, witness testimony, water law, incorporation Louisiana
Picket v. More 2 Mart. (o.s.) 113 1811 0 Mortgages, fraud, sequestration, seizure Louisiana
Delahaye v. Pellerin 2 Mart. (o.s.) 142 1812 0 Damages, petitory action, res judicata Louisiana
Watkins v. McDonough 2 Mart. (o.s.) 154 1812 0 Warranty, statute of frauds, sales, convenant, parol evidence Louisiana
Tonnelier v. Maurin's Ex'r 2 Mart. (o.s.) 206 1812 0 Successions, evidence, wages Louisiana
State v. Cecil 2 Mart. (o.s.) 208 1812 0 Witness testimony, emancipation, conflict of laws, evidence Louisiana
Orleans Navigation Co. v. Mayor of New-Orleans 2 Mart. (o.s.) 214 1812 0 Servitude, corporeal rights, incorporeal rights, wages, construction, witness testimony, water law, incorporation Louisiana
Jacob v. Ursuline Nuns 2 Mart. (o.s.) 269 1812 0 Emancipation, donations, contracts, corporations, property, subpoena duces tecum, evidence, wills Louisiana
Macarty's Case 2 Mart. (o.s.) 279 1812 0 Insurrection, habeas corpus, criminal law, grand jury Louisiana
Ducournau v. Morphy 2 Mart. (o.s.) 297 1812 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, prescription Louisiana