Miller v. Miller
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This is a ease which, we are quite sure, is without precedent in the jurisprudence of this state. The wife is suing to annul a judgment of divorce rendered in her favor on the ground of adultery committed by her husband, and the husband, while confessing his guilt, seeks to- maintain the validity .of the judgment.
The nullity propounded is that the judgment was rendered in the absence of the-plaintiff and without her knowledge and' consent and when she was not represented by counsel, and that the action of her husband in obtaining the said decree amounted' to ill practice and a fraud upon her…
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- McDonogh v. DutilletSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1848
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