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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Frederic v. Frederic 10 Mart. (o.s.) 188 1821 0 Community property, successions, donations, property, usufruct, debts Louisiana
Jackson v. Porter 8 Mart. (n.s.) 200 1829 0 Sales, property, partnerships, parol evidence, trusts, damages Louisiana
Melancon's Heirs v. Duhamel 10 Mart. (o.s.) 225 1821 0 Sales, successions, property, damages, contracts Louisiana
Fleming v. Lockart 10 Mart. (o.s.) 308 1821 0 Damages, sales, redhibition, indemnification Louisiana
Syndics of Ellinghaus v. Gravier 3 Mart. (o.s.) 385 1814 0 Partnerships, privileges, syndic, property, sales, fraud Louisiana
Marie v. Avart's Heirs 8 Mart. (o.s.) 512 1820 0 Successions, wills, property, privileges, mandamus, capacity, insane delusion, emancipation Louisiana
Vienne v. Boissier 10 Mart. (o.s.) 359 1821 0 Successions, renunciation, property, sales, injunction Louisiana
Francoise v. Delaronde 8 Mart. (o.s.) 619 1820 0 Sales, property, capacity, curatorship, prescription Louisiana
Broussard v. Mallet 8 Mart. (n.s.) 269 1829 0 Promissory notes, emancipation, obligations, property Louisiana
Ham v. Herriman 3 Mart. (n.s.) 155 1824 0 Sales, fraud, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Forsyth v. Nash 4 Mart. (o.s.) 385 1816 0 Property, sales, recordation, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws, criminal law Louisiana
Vannorght v. Foreman 1 Mart. (n.s.) 352 1823 0 Sales, warranty, witness testimony, obligations, property, successions Louisiana
Smith v. Roberts 12 Mart. (o.s.) 432 1822 0 Promissory notes, sales, successions, consideration, recission, damages Louisiana
Wells v. Wells 8 Mart. (n.s.) 307 1829 0 Damages, possessory action, property, successions, contracts Louisiana
Overton v. Archinard 5 Mart. (n.s.) 207 1826 0 Sales, property, delivery, successions, syndic, seizure, mortgages Louisiana
Wright v. Harman 5 Mart. (n.s.) 235 1826 0 Criminal prosecution, sequestration, liability Louisiana
Clay v. Oldham 3 Mart. (n.s.) 276 1825 0 Seizure, sales, hypothecary action, property, mortgages, debts, parol evidence Louisiana
Delacroix v. Cenas' Heirs 8 Mart. (n.s.) 356 1829 0 Sales, successions, seizure, property, recission, debts Louisiana
Tanner v. Robert 5 Mart. (n.s.) 255 1826 0 Property, successions, community property, partitions, conflict of laws Louisiana
Delery v. Bunle's Under-Tutor 1 Mart. (n.s.) 451 1823 0 Recission, promissory notes, simulation, parol evidence, fraud Louisiana