Legal Opinion
Messersmith v. Messersmith
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 20, 1956No. 41947PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMON, Justice.
On June 5, 1947, Mrs. Hilda Louise St. Martin Messersmith filed suit for a separation from bed and board against her husband, William W. Messersmith, Jr., the temporary care, custody and control of their minor child and an award of alimony pendente lite for the maintenance and support of herself and child. As an incident to said suit, the district judge granted the provisional care, custody and control of said child to the plaintiff-wife and issued a restraining order prohibiting the husband from disposing of or alienating community assets. Rules nisi previously issued were…
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