Volume 1 includes the records of three cases: Don Fermin Songy vs the succession of Don Pedro Rillieux, 1799- ; Hilario Boutte vs Claudio Chabot, 1791-1800 (in two sections); and Martin Braquier vs the succession of Colonel Don Gilberto Antonio de San Maxent, 1796-1798. The volume also includes minutes of the Court of Pleas for the Orleans Territory for the period March 1-September 20, 1804.

The Songy vs Rillieux record deals with the former's efforts to obtain payment of back wages due him for the four years that he administered the Rillieux property on the German Coast. The Boutte vs Chabot case involves the non-payment of a 1773 peso debt owed by Chabot to Boutte. Among the documents in this record is lengthy testimony by Chabot's wife in which she offers proof that property seized in the course of the proceedings was actually her own separate property. She also describes the imprisonment and subsequent illness of her husband, as well as the nature of her business ventures. The Braquier vs San Maxent record documents the former's effort to collect a 287 peso debt owed him by San Maxent.