Betz v. Riviere

FOURNET, Justice.

George B. Riviere, after he was sued for a separation of property by his wife, Mrs. Coralie Betz Riviere, instituted proceedings against her for separation from bed and board on the ground of abandonment and he is appealing from the judgment of the district court in so far as it decrees certain property acquired by his wife during the existence of the community to be her separate property.

The two cases were consolidated for trial on the joint motion of both parties and the trial judge, in a well considered written opinion, gives us an accurate statement of the facts of the…