106 So. 781 | La. | 1926
The parties to this litigation are an aged couple, who were married in July, 1901. In March, 1921, plaintiff brought this suit for a divorce under the provisions of Act 269 of 1916. The court below rejected plaintiff’s demand; and he has appealed to this court to revise the judgment.
The case falls within the principle announced by this court in Hava v. Chavigny, 147 La. 331, 84 So. 892, in which it was held that the living separate and apart referred to in Act 269 of 1916 is the life which is manifest in the community in which the spouses live, and that the evidence thereof is not to be sought behind the closed doors of the matrimonial domicile. This construction of the statute was approved and followed in Arnoult v. Letten, 155 La. 275, 99 So. 218. See, also, to the same effect, Quinn v. Brown, 159 La. 570, 105 So. 624.
Judgment affirmed.