Simpson v. Normand

Citations

• 51 La. Ann. 1355
• 26 So. 266
• 1899 La. LEXIS 575

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>The proof disclosing tha.t the plaintiff and defendant had lived in open, public concubinage for more than twenty years, and a family of eleven children have been born of their illicit intercourse; and, it further appearing that this illicit intercourse was admitted by the plaintiff under oath in her answers to interrogatories on faots and articles — any claim she may make for services as house-servant and laborer are so interwoven and blended with her remuneration as a concubine, that they-are, practically, indistinguishable.</p> <p>When the taint exists, it affects fatally, in all its parts, the entire body of,the claim.</p> <p>Where there is turpitude, the law will help neither party to the transection.</p> <p>On Rehearing.</p> <p>When the interests of justice require it, a ease will be remanded for further evidence.</p>