Clarice Rillieux seeks to be separated in property from her husband, François St. Fort Dussuau. Clarice represents that, at the time of her marriage to St. Fort Dussuau, she owned a female slave named Adelaïde, who has since given birth to six children. She has also received, since her marriage, a share in her late father’s plantation. She now claims that her husband’s affairs are in the “greatest disorder” and he has applied for a court-ordered “surrender of his property,” all of which has “induced her to believe that his estate may not be sufficient to meet her rights and claims.” She therefore prays for an order condemning her husband to put her in possession of her slaves and to pay her “by privilege” the sum of $21,200, plus costs of suit [Related petitions indicate that Clarice Rillieux and St. Fort Dussuau were free people of color].
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
