Tanner v. Tanner

PONDER, Justice.

The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment awarding the defendant $200 attorney’s fees for services rendered in a divorce suit.

The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant for divorce under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 9:301 on the ground that he and his wife had lived separate and apart for more than two years. The defendant reconvened and asked for judgment on the same ground and for custody of the children, alimony, and attorney’s fees. On hearing of the case, the lower court gave judgment granting the plaintiff a divorce and dissolving the community of acquets and gains…