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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. Lewis 7 Mart. (n.s.) 400 1829 0 Recission, contracts, sales, property, sequestration, venue, reconventional demand Louisiana
Dorothee v. Coquillon 7 Mart. (n.s.) 350 1829 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, standing Louisiana
Heirs of Cole v. Cole's Executors 7 Mart. (n.s.) 414 1829 0 Forced heirs, successions, promissory notes, evidence, capacity, wills, donations, emancipation Louisiana
Haden v. Ware 8 Mart. (n.s.) 340 1829 0 Promissory notes, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Jardela v. Abat 8 Mart. (n.s.) 126 1829 0 Property, sales, parol evidence, mortgages, privileges, successions, donations Louisiana
Millaudon v. Percy's Syndic 7 Mart. (n.s.) 352 1829 0 Property, sales, syndic, privileges, delivery Louisiana
Xenes v. Taquino 7 Mart. (n.s.) 678 1829 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, fraud Louisiana
Rochelle v. Alvarez 8 Mart. (n.s.) 171 1829 0 Sequestration, petitory action, sales, fraud Louisiana
Bushnell v. Brown's Heirs 8 Mart. (n.s.) 157 1829 1 Louisiana
Balfour v. Chinn 7 Mart. (n.s.) 358 1829 0 Property, petitory action, seizure, sales, delivery Louisiana
McCalep v. Hart 8 Mart. (n.s.) 155 1829 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, contracts, warranty, damages Louisiana
Miles v. Oden 8 Mart. (n.s.) 214 1829 0 Property, conflict of laws, mortgages, seizure, fraud, sales, redhibition, promissory notes, privileges, recission Louisiana
Pilie v. Lalande 7 Mart. (n.s.) 648 1829 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Livaudais v. Steam Boat America 8 Mart. (n.s.) 166 1829 0 Torts, negligence Louisiana
Pijeau v. Beard 8 Mart. (n.s.) 401 1829 0 Sales, property, promissory notes, community property, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Ware v. Elam 8 Mart. (n.s.) 329 1829 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, sales, obligations, damages Louisiana
Rousseau v. His Creditors 8 Mart. (n.s.) 384 1829 0 Mortgages, debts, privileges, promissory notes, syndic Louisiana
Calvet v. Calvet 8 Mart. (n.s.) 301 1829 0 Successions, sequestration, intervenor Louisiana
Dismukes v. Musgrove 8 Mart. (n.s.) 375 1829 0 Res judicata, trusts, property, unavailable witness, sales, successions, conflict of laws Louisiana
Andrews v. Ackerson 8 Mart. (n.s.) 205 1829 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, mortgages, debts, privileges Louisiana