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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dufour v. Camfrancq 8 Mart. (o.s.) 235 1820 0 Sales, successions, suretyship, fieri facias, seizure, parol testimony, parol evidence, sequestration Louisiana
Catin v. D'Orgenoy's Heirs 8 Mart. (o.s.) 218 1820 0 Freedom suit, emancipation Louisiana
Marie v. Avart's Heirs 8 Mart. (o.s.) 512 1820 0 Successions, wills, property, privileges, mandamus, capacity, insane delusion, emancipation Louisiana
Bernard v. Vignaud 8 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1820 0 Successions, mortgages, property, sales, syndics, hypothecary act, evidence, privileges Louisiana
Francoise v. Delaronde 8 Mart. (o.s.) 619 1820 0 Sales, property, capacity, curatorship, prescription Louisiana
Fox v. Dawson's Curator 8 Mart. (o.s.) 94 1820 0 Marriage, successions, curatorship, property Louisiana
Sterling v. Fusilier 7 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1820 0 Warranty, sales, eviction, suretyship, damages, contracts, property Louisiana
Knight v. Hall 7 Mart. (o.s.) 410 1820 0 Sales, promissory notes, seizure, mortgages, injunction, debts Louisiana
Martineau v. Hooper 8 Mart. (o.s.) 699 1820 0 Torts, damages, rebellion, Louisiana
Dunn v. Vail 7 Mart. (o.s.) 437 1820 0 Property Louisiana
Steel v. Cazeaux 8 Mart. (o.s.) 318 1820 0 Torts, damages, rebellion, murder, damages, witness testimony, criminal law, indemnification, evidence, property, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Ulzere v. Poeyfarre 8 Mart. (o.s.) 155 1820 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, evidence, successions, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Mitchell v. Armitage 10 Mart. (o.s.) 38 1821 0 Negligence, labor, recission, witness testimony, evidence Louisiana
Dussuau v. Rilieux 9 Mart. (o.s.) 318 1821 0 Suretyship, damages, seizure, property, sales, debts Louisiana
Allain v. Young 9 Mart. (o.s.) 221 1821 0 Damages, torts, property, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Julien v. Langlish 9 Mart. (o.s.) 205 1821 0 Successions, freedom suit, emancipation, property, witness testimony Louisiana
St. Romes v. Pore 10 Mart. (o.s.) 30 1821 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, contracts, warranty, witness testimony Louisiana
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Terrel's Heirs vs. Cropper 9 Mart. (o.s.) 350 1821 0 Sales, successions, fraud, privileges Louisiana
Bayon v. Vavasseur 10 Mart. (o.s.) 61 1821 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, fraud, witness testimony Louisiana