Savoie v. Ignogoso
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action for a separation from bed and board, and a divorce, instituted by the plaintiff against the defendant, her husband, on account of cruel treatment, excesses, outrageous conduct towards her, and hatred and neglect of her, to such a degree as to render living together insupportable.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action for a separation from bed and board, and a divorce, instituted by the plaintiff against the defendant, her husband, on account of cruel treatment, excesses, outrageous conduct towards her, and hatred and neglect of her, to such a degree as to render living together insupportable. She alleges that the defendant has received large amounts of her property, and that of her children, which they inherited, and her portion of the community which existed between her and her late husband; and she fears…
1Opinion of the Court
Mathews J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a case in which a wife claims a divorce from her husband, in pursuance of the provisions of the act of the legislature, passed in 1827, in relation to the separation of married persons.
The petitioner claims a separation of property, and divorce from bed and board, on account of excesses, cruel treatment, and outrages committed on her by her husband; alleging that her intention is to obtain finally, a divorce from the bonds of matrimony.
To prove, the alleged outrages, she offered as witnesses some of her children, who were excepted to as…
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