Butler v. Washington
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty-second District Oourt, Parish of Aseen' sion. Duffel, J. ■ The only case of divorce in which constructive service of citation is permitted in this State is that wherein the absentee spouse has committed an iufamous crime and fled from justice. 2 An. 563; 3 An. 101; 5 An. 674; 6 An. 648, 218; 9 An. 239; 29 An. 817; 30 An. 878 ; 37 An. 669; 38 An. 764 ; 35 An. 1184; 41 An. 657; 42 An. 357, 363; 95 U. S. 733; 98 U. S. 714; 99 U. S. 362; C. P., Arts. 3, 26…
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APPEAL from the Twenty-second District Oourt, Parish of Aseen' sion. Duffel, J. ■ The only case of divorce in which constructive service of citation is permitted in this State is that wherein the absentee spouse has committed an iufamous crime and fled from justice. 2 An. 563; 3 An. 101; 5 An. 674; 6 An. 648, 218; 9 An. 239; 29 An. 817; 30 An. 878 ; 37 An. 669; 38 An. 764 ; 35 An. 1184; 41 An. 657; 42 An. 357, 363; 95 U. S. 733; 98 U. S. 714; 99 U. S. 362; C. P., Arts. 3, 26 to 29; 9 An. 35; 40 An. 29. Laws in relation to separation from bed and board and divorce must be strictly construed.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
The object of this action is to have» a judgment of divorce a vinculo matrimonii declared an absolute nullity on the sole ground that the court rendering the decree was without legal right or warrant in law to appoint a curator ad hoc to represent the absentee defendant, upon whom service of citation was made — the law not authorizing the appointment of a curator ad hoc in such case.
The petition recites and the fact is that the plaintiff intermarried with the defendant in the parish of Ascension on the 10th of May, 1872, and for many years…
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