Headen v. Headen
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, JUDGE MORGAN PRESIDING. This is an action by the wife of Elisha Headen, for a separation of property and bed and board, on the ground of cruel and bad treatment, alleging that he struck and bruised her on more than one occasion, and is in the habit of maltreating her.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, JUDGE MORGAN PRESIDING. This is an action by the wife of Elisha Headen, for a separation of property and bed and board, on the ground of cruel and bad treatment, alleging that he struck and bruised her on more than one occasion, and is in the habit of maltreating her. She alleges, further, thatthereis no prospect ofever living in peace with her husband, and that she is entitled to have her paraphernal and separate property, together with her share of the acquests and gains set off and separated from that of her…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin, J.,
delivered,the opinion of the court.
The defendant is appellant from a judgment of separation of bed and board. ■
This case, like most others of the kind, presents chiefly questions of fact. The record is voluminous, and the testimony multifarious and complicated. The district judge has taken a great deal of trouble in examining and weighing its different parts, and his judgment affords a lucid view of the facts on which the plaintiff grounds her claim, to a separation on account of violent and repeated acts of ill treatment and cruelty, which leave no hope of her finding, in the…
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