Harrison v. Harrison
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana; Charles Kilbourne, Judge ad hoc. Action by Bessie K. Harrison against Richard A. Harrison. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff sues for separation from bed and board on the grounds of excesses and cruel treatment and defamation. The answer is an admission of the marriage, followed by a general denial.
The parties were married in January, 1889. There are two children of the marriage, both boys, one aged 13 and the other 6. The admission is made that “the parties to this litigation are persons of good station, of the highest standing, culture, refinement.”
Six or seven years before the institution of this suit an old colored woman came to the house of one of the witnesses in the night with a message from…
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