Jose Maria Castro and Marie Louise Massip were married July 31, 1816. Marie Louise now claims that, shortly after their marriage, Castro began treating her in such a manner as “to render her life insupportable” though she conducted herself as a “dutiful wife.” She states that her husband has been frequently drunk, has abused her verbally, and has attacked her with a knife and threatened to kill her. She also claims that, “to her great injury,” Jose Marie brought “negro slaves” into their home on repeated occasions, invited them to sit at the table, made her wait on them, and even brought them up to her bedroom and “caused” them to sleep in her bed. And finally he has abandoned her. She now asks the court for a separation from her husband, so that “she may be put beyond the reach of his malicious & malevolent intentions & be able to provide for herself and her children five in number” [Original in English and French].
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Natchitoches Parish Courthouse, Natchitoches, Louisiana
