Mouton vs. Guidry. Case File, 1873-1874
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a scanned copy and a transcription of the case file. The files are mostly in English, though there are also documents in French.
Leslie Elizabeth Barras, great-granddaughter of Celeste Mouton, scanned, transcribed, and donated the collection.
Dates
- 1873-1874
Biographical / Historical
Celeste Mouton was the younger sister of Governor Alexandre Mouton. Her father, Jean Mouton père, donated land to her that was ultimately put under shared ownership with her husband, Joseph D. Guidry. Citing Sections 2390 & 2391 of the 1870 Louisiana Civil Code, she sued in the St. Landry Parish District Court to recover her paraphernal property for her to be the sole owner.
Extent
28.5 Megabytes (2 electronic files)
Language of Materials
English
Source
- Title
- Mouton vs. Guidry Case File
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 07/19/2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu