Sullivan v. Sullivan

CULPEPPER, Judge.

The plaintiff, Leslie A. Sullivan, Jr., filed this suit against his wife for separation from bed and board on the grounds of habitual intemperance and certain acts of ill-treatment. The defendant wife reconvened, seeking a judgment of separation on the grounds of abandonment. From a judgment in favor of the wife on her recon-ventional demand, the husband has appealed.

The substantial issue is whether the husband has proved the wife guilty of habitual intemperance or acts of ill-treatment which rendered their living together insupportable, within the meaning of LSA-C.C. Article…