Petition #20984410
- Baltimore County, Maryland. February 3, 1844. - March 2, 1846.
- Court: Chancery
- Salutation: To The Honorable Theodorick Bland, Chancellor of Maryland
Abstract
Henry Houck seeks to end his three-year marriage with his wife, Eleanora, because she has committed adultery. Houck explains that Eleanora admitted her infidelities to him, and he has "resolved never again to receive her as his wife" and has sent her to live with her father. He asks the court to subpoena her to answer these charges and to a decree a divorce. A related deposition from Donaldson Forster describes his sexual encounters with the defendant that were arranged by "a coloured man named Rice." According to Forster, several of these appointments took place "at different times on the same day" upstairs at Rice's house.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 3
- Related documents: Answer, Eleanora Houck, 31 July 1844; Decree, 2 March 1846; Interrogatories, ca. July 1844; Deposition, Donaldson Forster, 9 September 1844; Deposition, John W. Hack, 20 November 1844; Deposition, Columbus Durham, 19 December 1844; Commissioner's Appointment, 13 July 1844; Commissioner's Oath, 5 September 1844; Clerk's Oath, ca. September 1844; Deposition, John W. Hack, 27 February 1845
- Pages of related documents: 18
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Citation information
Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Schweninger Collection
- Page: 122
- Microfilm: M 11017
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