Monroe County v. Abegglen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District Court.— Hon. Robert Sloan, J udge. Action to compel the defendant to contribute to the support of Lucy Raybourne, his daughter, and her three minor children. Judgment against defendant, requiring him to pay over for the support of his daughter and her children the sum of $2.25 per week for two years. Defendant appeals.—
1Dissent
Weaver,. J.
(dissenting).— The proposition in the foregoing opinion that the “ liability of the defendant can be predicated only on proof that she [defendant’s daughter] is unable, because of physical or mental disability, to earn a *57living by labor,” is,-in my judgment, a sacrifice of 1hc plain spirit and intent of 1 lie statute to the bare letter of a single clause, and works a defeat of the humane purpose which the Legislature sought to promote.
As I view it, the statutory liability of a person for the support of an indigent relative (providing, of course, that such person be found…
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