Wells v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred. Durieve King, Judge. Separation action by J. Richard Wells against Gertrude O. Johnson. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff sues his wife for a separation from bed and board on the ground of excesses, cruel treatment, and outrages such as render their living together insupportable, and on the ground of public defamation, and, by supplemental petition, he adds adultery to the grounds of his suit. The suit is also for the custody of the children born of the marriage.
The parties were married in June, 1899. There are two children born of the marriage, a boy and a girl. At the filing of the suit, the boy was five years and eleven months old, and the girl three years and four months.
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