Buffington v. Goldman

Plaintiff obtained judgment of divorce against defendant in the civil district court for the parish of Orleans. She was awarded the custody of their minor child, James Buffington Goldman, and alimony of $40 per month “for .the support of the said minor'child.”

Thereafter plaintiff ruled defendant into the civil district court to show cause why he should not pay said alimony.

Prior to the taking of said rule, the juvenile court for the parish of Orleans, at the suit of the state (though at the suggestion of defendant) had assumed jurisdiction over said minor, had adjudged him a delinquent…