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HAYS v. HAYS

No. 43561.

124 So.2d 917 (1960)

240 La. 708

Erna Stafford HAYS v. Guy F. HAYS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 12, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garland & DeJean, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellant.

Tate & Tate, Mamou, for appellee.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

This appeal is by Mrs. Erna Stafford Hays from a judgment of the district court declaring Article 160 of the Louisiana Civil Code, which authorizes the court to award alimony under certain circumstances to the wife, to be unconstitutional as violative of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 2, of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921.

Guy F. Hays instituted a suit in 1949 at his domicile in the...

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