Reich v. Grieff

HAMITER, Justice.

This appeal presents for our consideration the claim of a divorced wife for benefits under the provisions of Revised Civil Code, Article 160.

On October 16, 1939, the husband, Ralph A. Reich, instituted suit against -hi-s wife, Edna Grieff Reich, praying for a judgment of divorce. In the petition he alleged that they were married in St. Bernard Parish on June 25, 1937, and that continuously from such date they had been living separate and apart.

The wife, in her answer, generally denied the -allegations -of the petition. In reconvention, she averred that plaintiff abandoned…