Catherine Lacoste petitions to recover the value of her dotal property, a privilege that was granted to her in a previous suit for “separation of goods” from her husband, Pierre Laporte. Catherine Lacoste Laporte represents that her husband has removed himself from the city, leaving only a slave woman and her son named John Baptist, as well as "some articles of furniture or merchandize of very unconsiderable value." Pierre Laporte's creditors, Thomas and David Urquhart, merchants, have already obtained an order for John Baptist’s sequestration, and Gordon Grant & Co. have "caused five trunks of merchandize to be seized by the sheriff." These actions have threatened Catherine’s ability to collect her dowry, despite the fact that she has "privilege and preference to any other creditors." Catherine Lacoste Laporte therefore prays that her husband’s creditors and the sheriff be cited to answer the petition and that her claim to $2,500 be satisfied out of the proceeds from the sale of the seized property, including John Baptist.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
