Barker v. Barker

William Barker, a resident of Shelby county, on February 1, 1918, was killed in an accident at a mine at Stonington. He had been married and left one child, Howard J. Barker, aged 9 years, and a resident of Shelby county. The wife of deceased, and the mother of the child, had been divorced from him and had remarried, her name now being Etta Wallace. On February 5, 1918, Howard J. Barker, by Ms mother and next friend, Etta Wallace, filed a petition in the County Court asking that William Baum be appointed administrator and nominated said Baum therefor. On February 8, 1918, Tony Barker, a…