Davieson v. Trapp

LE BLANC, Justice.

Plaintiff instituted this suit against his wife asking for an absolute divorce on the ground that they had lived separate and apart for more than two years, as is provided for by the statutes of Louisiana, LS A-R.S. 9:301. The defendant wife promptly filed a rule for alimony pendente lite, and alleging also that she was destitute and did not have cash funds with which to defend the suit, asked that plaintiff deposit a sum necessary to pay costs of court and that he be made to pay the fee of the attorney she had to engage in her defense.

She subsequently filed an answer in…