Dowie v. Becker
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George II. TliGard, Judge. Action by David Dowie against Elizabeth Becker, his wife, in which defendant reconvened. Judgment for defendant on her plea in reccnvention, and dismissing plaintiff's suit, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
The plaintiff, 'husband, alleges that he and his wife have been living separate and apart for a period of seven years or more, and asks for a judgment *161for an absolute divorce from tbe defendant wife.
Tbe defendant answered, admitting tbe allegations contained in plaintiff’s petition, as to tbe living apart of herself and husband, for more than seven years, and, reconvening, set up that her husband bad been guilty of adultery during these seven years or more, and she asked for tbe dismissal of bis suit, and for a judgment- of divorce in her favor, with alimony.
The plaintiff ruled defendant into…
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