Bahnsen v. Bahnsen

SAVOY, Judge.

Plaintiff-wife filed this suit for separation against defendant-husband. As grounds for said separation, she alleged that defendant intentionally failed to support her while she was in necessitous circumstances, and that she is entitled to a separation under the provisions of LSA-C.C. Article 138, Section 8. Also, that he was guilty of cruel treatment for the reasons specified in her petition.

Defendant filed a general denial, and assuming the position of plaintiff in reconvention, prayed for a separation against plaintiff on the ground of abandonment.

After a trial in the district…