J. F. C. v. M. E.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of Natchitoches, King, J. This was an action for a divorce by the husband, on the ground of adultery, the plaintiff praying for the custody of the issue of the marriage. The defendant denied the charge of adultery.
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Appeal from the District Court of Natchitoches, King, J. This was an action for a divorce by the husband, on the ground of adultery, the plaintiff praying for the custody of the issue of the marriage. The defendant denied the charge of adultery. She alleged that the plaintiff had, for many years, treated her with great cruelty and brutality ; that he had grossly defamed her ; that he had been long addicted to intemperate drinking; that he was of a jealous and suspicious temper, and had rendered her life insupportable. She charged him with having contrived himself the circumstances alleged as…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This is a suit for a divorce, grounded on the charge of adultery by the wife, alleged to have been committed on the 10th and 11th of February, 1842, with J, M. G. The plaintiff claims, at the same time, the custody of their child E., issue of the marriage.
The defendant denies the adultery, and claims, in reconvention, a divorce from the plaintiff, on the allegation of great and repeated and brutal outrages, for a series of years, which embittered her existence, and rendered her life insupportable. She further alleges, that she is entitled to a divorce, because the plaintiff had killed the…
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