Shannon v. Shannon
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal ■from Clay Circuit Court. — Ho». J. W. Alexander, Judge. (1) Suits by infants can only be commenced by guardian and curator of sucb infant, or by next friend, appointed for bim in sucb suits. Sec. 550, R. S. 1899; R. S. 1899, sec. 555. (2) A separate action for maintenance of minor children, subsequent to a decree of divorce, can not b'e maintained.
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Appeal ■from Clay Circuit Court. — Ho». J. W. Alexander, Judge. (1) Suits by infants can only be commenced by guardian and curator of sucb infant, or by next friend, appointed for bim in sucb suits. Sec. 550, R. S. 1899; R. S. 1899, sec. 555. (2) A separate action for maintenance of minor children, subsequent to a decree of divorce, can not b'e maintained. Hickman v. Hickman, Obio, 9 Weekly Law Bui. 55; Harris v. Harris, 5 Kan. 46; Hampton v. Allen, 56 Kan. 46; Rumsey v. Rumsey, 121 Ind. 215. (3) It is tbe duty of tbe father to support Ms cMldren; tMs duty is paramount. Rut where they are…
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, J.
— The facts of this case were that plaintiff and defendant were husband and wife prior to the twelfth day of April, 1900, at which time they disagreed and separated; that afterwards the defendant *122herein brought suit in the Clay Circuit Court for divorce, resulting in a decree in his favor divorcing him from his wife; and that soon thereafter — August 9, 1901, — there was born of said marriage a male child; that the divorce was granted on.the statutory ground that the wife had been guilty of indignities to the husband ; that she did not appear at the trial, the same being ex parte; that as the…
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