Connella v. Connella
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lincoln; Robert Brooks Dawkins, Judge. Action by Lula Connella against Rufus R. Connella. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This case comes up on an admitted statement of facts. Plaintiff and her husband were married in this state, which was then their domicile. Subsequently they removed to Oklahoma. The husband committed there a crime for which he has been sent to the penitentiary. The wife has returned to her former domicile in this state, animo manendi. She sues for a divorce on the ground that her husband has been sentenced to an infamous punishment. The suit is conducted contradictorily with a curator ad hoc, appointed to represent the husband, and without personal citation of the husband. For the right to…
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