Woodard v. Woodard

PRICE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the husband from a judgment of separation from bed and board brought by the wife on the ground of abandonment, as provided by Section 5 of Article 138 of the Louisiana Civil Code.

Mary Ann Davidson Woodard brought suit against her husband, Dudley Dixon Woodard, on March 31, 1969, alleging that he abandoned her on December 27, 1968, and had not returned to the matrimonial domicile since that date.

In this court the defendant admits the sufficiency of the plaintiff’s proof that he withdrew from the matrimonial domicile without just cause on December 27, 1968. The…