August v. Blache

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The wife of Charles R. Blache, Jr., sued him for a separation from bed and board, on the ground of ill-treatment, and obtained a judgment by default on November 20, 1935. Mrs. Blache afterwards on a rule to show cause obtained a judgment for alimony at the rate of $20 per month, beginning on July 11, 1939. She did not avail herself of her right to demand a final divorce at the expiration of the year following the date on which the judgment of separation became final. Mr. Blache, therefore, on October 10, 1940, availing himself of the provisions of Act 25 of 1898, as…