Mathews v. Guillaune
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third. Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Charles A. O’Neil, Judge. Action for divorce by John M. Mathews against Maimie Guillaune. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvostn, J.
The parties to this suit are colored people. The father of defendant, suspecting her to be pregnant, took her to a physician, and ascertained that such was the case. He then pressed her to know the man who was responsible for her condition, and, she having named plaintiff, he and his sons, more or less by intimidation, induced plaintiff to marry her. They did not insist, however, upon his living with her, and he did not, but left her at her father’s house. About a month later, June 9, 1910, this suit was brought for nullity of marriage, and, in the alternative, for divorce on the ground of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dowden v. DowdenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907