Marie Prudence Adlé seeks to recover control of all the lands, slaves, and property mentioned in her marriage contract and other acts. Marie Prudence claims that she had a dowry of $5,000 and received land and slaves on two other occasions from her father. Included in her property are nineteen slaves that she owns in common with her sister, Marie Artimise Walmsly, and her niece, Marie Emile Langlois Robinson. Her husband, Gervais Fontenot, has controlled her property until now. She states that “the affairs of her husband have fallen into ruin and decay," that he is in debt, and that, because of his "embarrassed condition," there is "great danger" that she will lose her "dotal and paraphernal" rights. Marie Prudence requests a judgment ordering a separation of property from her husband and granting her control of all her land, slaves, and other property.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Natchitoches Parish Courthouse, Natchitoches, Louisiana
