KAIGHEN v. KAIGHEN

No. 42622.

85 So.2d 45 (1956)

229 La. 101

Joseph R. KAIGHEN v. Ruth Cooper KAIGHEN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tillery & McBride, Arabi, for respondent-appellant.

Roland R. Selenberg, New Orleans, for appellee.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Joseph R. Kaighen has appealed from a judgment ordering him to pay his wife $170 per month as alimony pending his suit for divorce.

In this court the husband contends that his wife is not in necessitous circumstances and accordingly is not entitled to alimony pendente lite. In the alternative he argues that, if the court should find that she is entitled to support, the award made by the district court is excessive and should be reduced...

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