Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Davidson v. Helm

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 16, 1953No. 40493Published

1ConcurrenceHamiter, Justice

Since the rendition of our decision in Wreyford v. Wreyford, 216 La. 784, 44 So.2d 867, to which I subscribed unreservedly, my view respecting the meaning and intendment of LSA-R.S. 9:301 has changed somewhat. I am of the opinion, as heretofore, that under its provisions either of the married persons is entitled to an absolute divorce, on proof of the continuous living separate and apart during a period of at least two years, and that the action will lie in the court of the residence of the plaintiff husband or plaintiff wife within' this State if he or she has maintained that residence…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wreyford v. WreyfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  2. Dodds v. PopeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922

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