Legal Opinion

Massa v. Thompson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 14, 1952No. 40230PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Madeline Marie Massa, instituted this suit for an absolute divorce on the ground of adultery against her husband, Vetus Thompson, an absentee, represented by a curator ad hoc. From a judgment dismissing her suit she has appealed.

The appeal presents only a question of whether the facts established by the plaintiff in her effort to prove the act of adultery are sufficient for a judgment to be rendered for her as prayed for.

Plaintiff was informed that her husband had a telephone conversation with an unknown woman, in which the name of a hotel was mentioned.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Guidry v. AllemandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
  2. Gauthier v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Kieffer v. HeriardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
  2. Hayes v. HayesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
  3. Pilgrim v. PilgrimSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
  4. Baasen v. BaasenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
  5. Harris v. HarrisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955

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