Maria W. Webb charges that the verbal and physical abuse she has received, over the years, at the hands of her husband, as well as the reality of his adulterous connection with one of their slaves named Nancy, has driven her and her children out of their “common dwelling.” Maria claims that William, whom she married in 1809 in England, has “pursued towards her a course of excess, cruel treatment and outrage,” beating her, calling her names “too disgusting to be mentioned,” and allowing the slave Nancy to behave with “insolence & abuse” toward her. Maria Webb seeks alimony at the rate of $30 per month and a separation of “bed and board.” She also prays for a decree of “partition” of their common property, which consists of land, household furniture, stocks in a “bottling establishment,” and six slaves. In the meantime, she prays for an order enjoining her husband from selling the property.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
