Driscoll v. Pierce
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by Mrs. M. Driscoll against John E. Pierce. Judgment for plaintiff, and the heirs and testamentary executors of deceased defendant appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff instituted this suit in March, 1904, to set aside a judgment of separation obtained by herself against her husband in May, 1897, and to set aside also a renunciation of the community of acquets and gains, made by her after having obtained the judgment. Her grounds are that the judgment was a mere consent judgment, not founded on any of the causes recognized by law as justifying a judgment of separation of property between husband and wife, and amounting to nothing more than putting an »,nd to the community by agreement; that both it and the act of renunciation were consented to by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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