Legal Opinion

Eals v. Swan

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 28, 1952No. 40397PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOISE, Justice.

The plaintiff filed suit against her husband for separation from bed and board on the ground of cruel treatment. The defendant husband set up a reconventional demand for a like decree on the ground of abandonment. From an adverse judgment on a rule for alimony, plaintiff wife appeals. The husband is appealing from the judgment of separation from bed and board.

Plaintiff’s complaint is based on two separate acts of cruelty during the months of November and December, 1950. A repetition of these facts would serve no useful purpose, the learned trial judge having stated in his…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Arnold v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  2. State ex rel. Huber v. KingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
  3. State ex rel. Hill v. Judge of Civil District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
  4. Holbrook v. HolbrookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
  5. Bienvenue v. BienvenueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Messersmith v. MessersmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
  2. Ward v. WardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  3. Buxton v. McKendrickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
  4. Gilberti v. GilbertiLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
  5. Nalty v. NaltySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953

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