Mouille v. Schutten

HIGGINS, Justice.

This is an action by the wife against her husband for a separation from bed and board on the ground of alleged cruel treatment, for the custody of her minor daughter, for $150 a month alimony and for an attorney’s fee of $150.

The defendant denied the charges of cruelty and that his wife should have custody of their daughter, and, in a reconventional demand, asked for a separation, a mensa et thoro, on the ground that his wife was guilty of such cruel treatment as to render their living together insupportable, and that, because of her misconduct, the child should be permitted…