PECOT v. HILL

No. 41608.

78 So.2d 535 (1955)

227 La. 131

Mrs. Eunice PECOT, Wife of Morris Hill v. Morris HILL.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyril F. Dumaine, Joseph F. Deynoodt, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Anzelmo, Maxwell & Thriffiley, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.


McCALEB, Justice.

This is a suit for an absolute divorce by a wife against her husband under authority of Act No. 430 of 1938, now LSA-R.S. 9:301, on the ground of continuous separation for a period of two years. It was filed on April 13, 1953, it being alleged that the parties separated on April 9, 1951 and had not lived together since that time.

In his answer, filed on May 28, 1953, the husband denied that the separation...

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