Margaret Beard represents that, at the time of her marriage to George Meadows, she owned land, livestock, furniture, and money. In addition, through “labour and industry,” she and George have since acquired considerable additional property, which belongs to the marriage community. Recently, however, George has sold four slaves, land, furniture, livestock, and a wagon, and Margaret believes that he is about to leave the state. She claims that she is “infirm” and her husband has left her “without means of support.” He has abandoned her “in sickness, destroyed her happiness, and left her dependent upon strangers.” In a word, he has been “guilty of such excesses as to render” their living together “insupportable.” Margaret therefore prays to be authorized to sue her husband for separation in property.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Natchitoches Parish Courthouse, Natchitoches, Louisiana
