Condensed Reports of Cases in the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans, and in the Supreme Court of Louisiana: Containing the Decisions Ofthose Courts from the Autumn Term, 1809, to the March Term, 1830, and which Were Embraced in the Twenty Volumes of Fr. Xavier Martin's Reports; with Notes of Louisiana Cases, Wherein the Doctrines are Affirmed, Contradicted, Or Extended, and of the Subsequent Legislation, Volumen1

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Página 263 - does not exist; that it is forbidden by law. The ordinance of congress of the year 1797, providing that " there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, in the said territory, otherwise than for the
Página 57 - declared to be one of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatsoever.
Página 86 - shall extend to all cases in law or equity arising under this constitution, the laws of the United States, or treaties made, or which shall be made
Página 228 - a number of states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or
Página 437 - property, the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary. The
Página 160 - the authority under which it is exercised claims jurisdiction over all military persons in all circumstances: even their debts are subject to inquiry by military authority, every species of offence committed by any person who appertains to the army is tried, not by a civil judicature, but by the judicature of the
Página 474 - or by dereliction, as when the sea shrinks back below the usual water mark; in these cases the law is held to be that, if this be by little and little, it shall go to the owner of the land adjoining:
Página 158 - it is for the legislature to say so. This question depends on political considerations, on which the legislature is to decide. Till the legislative will be expressed, this court can only see its duties, and must obey the law.
Página 58 - the inhabitants of all that part of the territory or country, ceded under the name of Louisiana, by the treaty made at Paris on the 30th of April, 1803, between the United States and France, contained within the following limits,

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