Merges v. Merges
Oregon Supreme Court
From Clackamas: James U. Campbell, Judge. In Banc. The origin of this litigation was a suit for divorce by Mary Edwards Merges against her husband, Ernest E. Merges, begun November 15, 1912. The present contention is about the custody of the minor son, Edward E. Merges, aged four years at the commencement of the litigation in 1912. The original decree provided that the plaintiff and the defendant should have custody of the child alternately, at times prescribed.
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From Clackamas: James U. Campbell, Judge. In Banc. The origin of this litigation was a suit for divorce by Mary Edwards Merges against her husband, Ernest E. Merges, begun November 15, 1912. The present contention is about the custody of the minor son, Edward E. Merges, aged four years at the commencement of the litigation in 1912. The original decree provided that the plaintiff and the defendant should have custody of the child alternately, at times prescribed. Afterwards on February 3, 1913, the defendant moved the court for a modification of the decree respecting the control of the son so…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
During the progress of this litigation concerning the custody of the child, the plaintiff married another husband.
The testimony was heard and the case taken under advisement on February 11, 1919. The decree was rendered, as stated, June 12, 1919. Although the plaintiff had testified that she had no home and that on account of her husband’s being in the army they could not have a permanent residence, the court recited that it appeared to its satisfaction “that the plaintiff has a home established in Portland, in the county of Multnomah, State of Oregon.” As narrated in the brief of the…
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