Jackson v. Burns

Citations

• 112 La. 854
• 36 So. 756
• 1904 La. LEXIS 475

Syllabus

<p>DIVOECE — AMMONT.</p> <p>1. Both parties acquiesce in the judgment of divorce rendered.</p> <p>In addition to the decree severing the marriage ties, the judgment condemned the defendant husband to pay alimony to his wife under article 160 of the Civil Code.</p> <p>The defendant objects on the ground that the wife, from whom he was divorced, has not shown ■ that she was in necessitous circumstances, and has not complied with the phrase of the article which reads, “If the wife who has obtained the divorce has not sufficient means.” Article 160, Oiv. Code.</p> <p>In the absence of proof of her necessitous circumstances, the court must decline to decree that alimony is due by the husband.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>