Rabun v. Rabun

95 So.2d 635 (1957)

232 La. 1004

Mrs. Viola Womack RABUN

v.

John L. RABUN.

No. 43116.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 6, 1957.

Hynes, Mathews & Lane, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

George S. Womack, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

HAMITER, Justice.

Presented here is the single question of whether the divorced wife is entitled to alimony for her support under Revised Civil Code Article 160.

On February 4, 1955 Mrs. Viola Womack Rabun obtained a judgment of separation from her husband, John L. Rabun, on the ground of abandonment. In the proceeding she had sought from him alimony of $300 per…