Cochran v. . Cochran
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered July 2, 1908, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered July 2, 1908, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. A minor son is not emancipated by marriage from the care, custody and control of his father when the marriage is without the consent and contrary to the expressed wishes of the father, nor is the father thereby deprived of the right to the earnings of the son. (Matter of…
1Opinion of the CourtHisoock, J.
The plaintiff and defendant’s son, in September, 1904, when both were only eighteen years of age, became married. The marriage was a clandestine and childish one, which disclosed no reasonable probability of happily and successfully surviving the strain of actual experience, and was one which any sensible parent solicitous for the welfare of his child would have been justified in preventing by any available means within his lawful reach. The parties did not live together, the boy contributed nothing towards the support of the girl, and in a short time and before cohabitation had increased the…
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