Legal Opinion
Lamb v. Lamb
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 12, 1982No. 82-C-0075PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
411 So.2d 1 (1982)
Edward C. LAMB
v.
Janet F. LAMB.
No. 82-C-0075.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
February 12, 1982.
J. Minos Simon, Simon & Dauterive, Lafayette, for plaintiff-applicant.
Thomas Robert Shelton, Philip C. Kobetz, Shelton & Legendre, Lafayette, for defendant-respondent.
2Per curiam
GRANTED. The ruling of the court of appeal is reversed, the husband's suit for divorce is reinstated, and exception of lis pendens is overruled.
The wife's suit for divorce (based on adultery) and the husband's suit for divorce (based on living apart for one year) are suits between the same parties and have the same object…
3Cases cited1 opinion
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