Reando v. Misplay
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. — Hon. John L. Thomas, Judge. The insanity and wardship of Mrs. Boyer, which, appear from the testimony, notwithstanding the exclusion of the order of the county court, render it unnecessary to inquire how far the requirements of section 7, chapter 2, statutes, 43 Eliz., imposing the duty of maintenance of “poor, blind, lame, and impotent persons,” upon their children, obtain in this state, under our statute adopting the common law, and…
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Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. — Hon. John L. Thomas, Judge. The insanity and wardship of Mrs. Boyer, which, appear from the testimony, notwithstanding the exclusion of the order of the county court, render it unnecessary to inquire how far the requirements of section 7, chapter 2, statutes, 43 Eliz., imposing the duty of maintenance of “poor, blind, lame, and impotent persons,” upon their children, obtain in this state, under our statute adopting the common law, and to what extent if any, such requirements have been modified by our statute in relation to “ the support of the poor.”…
1Opinion of the Court
Norton, J. —
This is a suit by Catherine Reando, nee Catherine Boyer, and daughter of Mary Boyer, against the administrator of the estate of said Mary *255Boyer, mother of said Catherine, to recover for “care, nursing, and attention,” alleged to have been rendered by her to her mother, from October 1, 1872, to May 28, 1882. It appears from the testimony for the plaintiffs, as well as from the testimony for the defendant, that Mary Boyer, mother of the plaintiff Catherine, was insane during the whole of the period for which compensation is claimed, and that she died in May, 1882. The evidence of…
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