Manning v. Manning

GLADNEY, Judge.

The plaintiff herein instituted this suit for a separation from bed and board “a mensa et thoro” alleging her entitlement to judgment on grounds of abandonment and cruel treatment. The defendant joined issue by answer denying that plaintiff was entitled to such relief. Following trial on the merits the trial court rejected plaintiff’s demands, finding that she had failed to prove her case by a preponderance of the evidence. Plaintiff has appealed.

The parties were married on September 2, 1961, and established their matrimonial domicile in Shreveport where it has since remained.…