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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dormenon's Case 1 Mart. (o.s.) 129 1810 0 Mutiny, witness testimony, impeachment Louisiana
Maurin v. Martinez 5 Mart. (o.s.) 432 1818 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, successions, warranty, prescription Louisiana
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Wills, successions, property, partition Louisiana
Viales v. Viales' Syndics 7 Mart. (o.s.) 634 1820 0 Restitution, dowry, marriage, property, donations, privileges, successions, debts Louisiana
Harris' Tutor v. M'Kee 4 Mart. (n.s.) 485 1826 0 Partition, successions, property Louisiana
Mitchell v. Comyns 1 Mart. (o.s.) 133 1810 0 Runaway enslaved person, sequestration, agency, sales, abatement, venue, contracts, property Louisiana
Highlander v. Fluke 5 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1818 0 Property, seizure, sales, consideration, witness testimony, fraud, debts Louisiana
Mims v. Mitchell 1 Tex. 443 1846 0 Action to recover cost of caring for slaves Texas
Williams v. Horton 4 Mart. (n.s.) 464 1826 0 Successions, property, sales, forced heirs, donations, fraud, contracts Louisiana
Roulin v. Sabatier 6 Mart. (n.s.) 429 1828 0 Sales, property, delivery, successions Louisiana
Macarty v. Bagnieres 1 Mart. (o.s.) 149 1810 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Tate v. Penne 7 Mart. (n.s.) 548 1829 0 Sales, petitory action, trusts, property, contracts Louisiana
Millar v. Coffman 7 Mart. (n.s.) 556 1829 0 Redhibition, sales, contracts Louisiana
Lawrence v. McFarlane 7 Mart. (n.s.) 558 1829 0 Redhibition, sales, warranty, witness testimony, damages Louisiana
State v. Edward 5 Mart. (o.s.) 474 1818 0 Libely, sales Louisiana
Semple v. Buhler 6 Mart. (n.s.) 469 1828 0 Damages, negligence, property, sales, suretyship, injunction, mortgages, prescription Louisiana
Adelle v. Beauregard 1 Mart. (o.s.) 183 1810 0 Freedom suit, fraud, evidence, wages Louisiana
Cuffy v. Castillon 5 Mart. (o.s.) 494 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, contracts, manumission, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Poydras v. Hiriart 6 Mart. (n.s.) 403 1828 0 Hypothecary action, sales, seizure, mortgages, property, debts, sequestration Louisiana
Chretien v. Theard 2 Mart. (n.s.) 582 1824 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, fraud, prescription, criminal law, property Louisiana