The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29
JUDGMENT.
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ERMTNA COULEAU VS.. JULES LJ1nFAr
DISTRICT COURT. PARISH OF ST 1ANnDr
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
No. 155l4.

NO. 1914.
This is a suit i'll which the plaintiff vito s,u,
the ~oeiendant husband for a Judgment Of sepa.
ration OF property, as we'll as a dissolution NJ
the community of acquets and gains. and in
which she prays for the full and undisturhad
administration of her paraphernal propertv
free from any interference from her hnshana'
the defendant herein.
She alleges that her said husband, the ia.
PENDANT, has abandoned her and her children
issue of their marriage, and has left the State,
that his act of abandonment was committed
without any fault of plaintiff but altoeethsr
through the fault of the defendant. She asked
for the appointment of a curator ad hoe to
represent the absent defendant, which was
done. She also prayed to be duly authorized to
institute this suit and to carry ON the same tn
final judgment, Which was so ordered. sba
also alleges that her husband left his business
in a disordered condition and that unless the
proper steps were taken by her that she ap
prehends that her rights will be in danger.
She further represents that her mother
Adrienne Dolicet. recently died leaving her az
her only heir and leaving for her as an inherit
ance several thousand dollars, which sbe
alleges her surviving father, Etienne COuleau,
is perfectly willing to turn over to her provided
she can give him the proper acqnlttance and
discharge and that her husband not being
attainable, she requires the authority of the
Judge.
She also alleges that she wishes to receive
said money free from entering into the COM
munity of acquets and gains existing between
her and her said husband, and she further al
leges that she wishes to use said money in the
interest of a home for herself and children and
she wishes the authority of the Judge to do so.
The Court is of the opinion that the evidence
offered fully establishes plaintiffs demand.
Her husband, forgetfui of perhaps the holiest
ties that connect one person to another, has.
forgctful of his marital VOWS, abandoned those
whom it was his manifest duty to shield and
protect. All the ayernents of the petition
have been approved, the abandonment Of the
husband, the disordered condition of his affairs,
and the unquestlOnable right OF the wife to
have her demands granted.
For these reasons, and because the law and
the evidence is i'll favor OF the plaintiff and
against the defendant, II Is, for these reasons
ordered, adjudged and decreed that the plain.
Tiff do have and recover judgment against the
defendant, separating them in property and
that the community of acquets and gains ex.
listing between the parties to the suit, or the
plaintiff and defendant, be dissolved, and that
the plaintiff have the free administration OF
her ~paraphernal property, free from the inter.
ference OF her husband.
And 1t is further ordered, adjudged and de-
creed that she be authorized to recover from
her father, Etienne Couleau, all monies coming
to her from her deceased mother, AdrienDe
Doucet, and to give i'm full acquittance and
discharge therefor, ana further it is ordered,
adludged and decrecd that she be authorized
to invest said sums or money so received nom
the said father. in the investment OF a home
to be her ~paraphernal investment and her
separate property, and it is further ordered,
adjndged and decreed that defendant pay all
costs of suit.
Done, read and signed in open Court at
D. 1894. W. c. PERRAULT,
Judge 18th Jud. Dist. OF La.
Filed Dec. 22nd, 1894.
III. Z. ESTORGE, D'y. Clk.
A true copy:
H. E. EsToRGE, D'y. elk.
Dee. % 1894.