State Ex Rel. v. Hughes

Original proceeding in certiorari against the judges of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, respondents, whereby relator seeks to quash the opinion of that court in the case of In re Schoenfeld, 171 S. W. (2d) 764, for alleged conflict with our opinion in the case of Child Saving Institute v. Knobel, 327 Mo. 609, 37 S. W. (2d) 920.

So far as material here, the facts set forth in the opinion of the court of appeals show that Maribelle Schoenfeld is a female child born out of lawful wedlock in St. Louis county on May 4, 1941. Her mother is Mary Schoenfeld. On May 16, 1941, with the mother in court,…