Susan Thompson, widow of the late Ira C. Kneeland and now wife of Jason Thompson, seeks to recover her personal property as well as a share of the community property which is being held by the executors of her late husband’s estate. Susan claims that, at the time of her marriage and during her “coverture,” she received from her father, for "her own separate use & benefit," real and personal property that included land, husbandry equipment, animals, and three slaves named Little Dick, Will, and Anthony. At the time of the marriage, Kneeland had very little property of his own but, through "their mutual industry," Susan and Ira were able to gain an unspecified amount of community property. Now Ira has died and his will "neglected to make just & equitable provision" for his wife. Susan Thompson believes that she is rightly entitled to all the property from her dowry "and also one half of the acquests & profits of their joint Estates." She prays that the court annul Kneeland's will and that it order the estate's executors to deliver up her property.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Pointe Coupee Parish Courthouse, New Roads, Louisiana
