Landreaux v. Landreaux
Landreaux v. Landreaux
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff brought this suit against his wife for a divorce on the ground of adultery; and she reconvened, demanding in her turn a separation from bed and board on the ground of illtreatment. She then, by rule, demanded alimony.
Plaintiff contends that alimony can be claimed by the wife only when she is a plaintiff, not when she is a defendant. That is true, but defendant became plaintiff when she set up an independent demand by way of reconvention. This demand might have been propounded by a separate suit, and was made by way of reconvention simply as a matter of convenience.
Plaintiff also contends that defendant fail
Judgment affirmed.
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- LANDREAUX v. LANDREAUX
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- Syllabus
- DIVORCE — ALIMONY—RECON VENTIONAL DEMAND. While it is true that the wife can claim alimony only when she is plaintiff, yet she may claim alimony in a suit where, in her answer to the suit of her husband for divorce, she institutes a reconventional demand for separation from bed and board. She then becomes a plaintiff in reconvention. (Syllabus by the Court.)