Bridgewater v. Bridgewater

COVINGTON, Judge.

Allen Bridgewater, plaintiff-appellant, filed an eviction rule against his wife, Mattie Lee Johnson Bridgewater, defendant-ap-pellee, for her to show cause why she should not be ordered to vacate his separate property which had been occupied by them as their matrimonial domicile. Following a hearing, the trial court denied plaintiff’s demands for eviction of his wife,1 and he appeals. We affirm.

The facts were stipulated, and can be briefly stated as follows. On November 22, 1977, plaintiff filed a rule against his wife, seeking to have her evicted, by summary proceedings,…