Dunlap v. Dunlap

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

This was an action by the plaintiff wife against her husband, the defendant, for a separation from bed and board, on the ground of excesses, cruel treatment and outrages.

The specific charges are outrages committed by the husband in her regard and cruel treatment of their children. Without taking up all the details of grievances alleged, it suffices for present purposes to state that the averments of the petition were ample to admit the evidence offered in support of the complaint.

The defendant controverted each of plaintiff’s grounds for a…