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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ulzere v. Poeyfarre 8 Mart. (o.s.) 155 1820 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, evidence, successions, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Hill v. Martin 12 Mart. (o.s.) 177 1822 0 Obligations, promissory notes, sales, consideration, redhibition, contracts Louisiana
Thompson v. Chretien 12 Mart. (o.s.) 250 1822 0 Petitory action, property, sales, seizure, authentic act, mortgages Louisiana
Smoot & Dinsmore v. Baldwin 3 Mart. (n.s.) 84 1824 0 Property, sales, delivery, suretyship, contracts Louisiana
Victoire v. Dussuau 4 Mart. (o.s.) 212 1816 0 Parol evidence, contracts, witness testimony, emancipation, freedom suit, capacity, property Louisiana
Nerault's Heirs & Wife v. L'Enclos 8 Mart. (n.s.) 185 1829 0 Property, community property, successions, eviction, sales Louisiana
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