Mary Stutes L'Enclos seeks the seizure and sale of property sold by her husband, Antoine L'Enclos, to John Snoddy. Mary previously received a judgment of separation against her husband in which he was condemned to pay her $1,000, the amount of her dowry. When the judgment was executed, the sheriff returned "with an endorsement of 'no property found'" as her husband had sold "all his property" to John Snoddy. By law, L'Enclos's marriage contract allows her a mortgage on both the "land and a slave man" currently held by Madame Baptiste Niveau. L'Enclos prays for an order of seizure and sale against the land now held by John Snoddy in order to satisfy the original judgment.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: St. Landry Parish Courthouse, Opelousas, Louisiana
