Elvira Lang, by her next friend James T. Archer, seeks an injunction against her husband, Thomas Lang, restraining him from removing, selling, or using the personal property set aside as her separate estate; she also asks that a new trustee be appointed to administer it. The plaintiff states that at the time of her marriage with Thomas Lang a marriage deed was executed granting her separate interest in a trust estate, which included slaves. The property was her dower from the estate of her first husband, James D. Bullock. The trust is currently administered by James A. Berthlott, who is sick and unable to manage it properly. She further explains that she was forced to separate from her husband following his "unkind, abusive & insulting" treatment. Elvira Lang charges that her husband refuses to surrender her property and threatens to leave the state with slaves belonging to her estate.
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Repository: Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, Florida
