Thompson v. Arnold

— This is an action for permission to adopt a minor child instituted in the juvenile division of the circuit court of Atchison county, Missouri.

Walter Arnold and Nellie Thompson were married on July 20, 1907, and lived together as husband and wife until the year 1914. They were the parents of two children, the elder of whom is Loren P. Arnold, now about twelve years of age. The other child died in 1914, while the parents were residing in Kansas City. The father, mother and boy Loren, accompanied the remains to Tarldo in Atchison county for burial. The husband returned to Kansas City but the…