McCartan v. Filkins
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. Action by Robert J. McCartan against Minnie Filkins for divorce. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommeryille, J.
Plaintiff sued his wife, the defendant, for divorce on the ground for adultery, alleged to have been committed with a certain person named in the petition. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals..The only question in the case is as to the sufficiency of evidence offered in support of the adultery charged. The acts of adultery were circumstantially proved by the testimony of three detectives.
In the absence of the reasons for judgment from the record, it is presumed that the trial judge rejected the testimony because it was given by detectives employed by the plaintiff in the…
2Cited by19 opinions
- Coston v. CostonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- Savin v. SavinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Guidry v. AllemandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Poole v. PooleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Bynum v. BynumLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
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