Leveque v. Borns

Plaintiff alleges that he was married to the defendant in 1898; that in 1914 (more than seven years before the filing of this suit) his wife became hopelessly insane and was committed to the public insane asylum at Jackson, La., where she has been confined ever since; that he himself has since then continuously resided in the city of New Orleans, separate and apart from his said wife. Wherefore he asks for a divorce from her, under the terms of Act No. 269 of 1916, providing that when married persons have been living apart for seven years or more either party may obtain a divorce on making…