Bryson v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL FROM PIKE CIRCUIT COURT. The act of the legislature divorcing Bryson and wife was constitutional, and dissolved the? mutual relations between them. The counsel for the appellant never having seen propriety of the decision in the case of State*vs. Fry.
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APPEAL FROM PIKE CIRCUIT COURT. The act of the legislature divorcing Bryson and wife was constitutional, and dissolved the? mutual relations between them. The counsel for the appellant never having seen propriety of the decision in the case of State*vs. Fry. But being well satisfied of the legislative power to grant divorces; and believing that the doctrine laid down in that case is not satisfactory to the bar generally, respectfully solicit a review of the grounds on which it was decided. They will not attempt to add any thing to the able argument already before the court. In the case of…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Bircii
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit to recover the sum of $217 50 for boarding the wife of Bryson after he had obtained an act of legislative divorce; and *499the only question presented by the record concerns the constitutional competency of the general assembly to pass such laws. The authority to do so was disaffirmed by a former bench of this court, in a case (Gentry’s case, 4 Mo. Rep. 120) originating before the legislative enactment of 18:35, which has remained in force ever since, and which declares in concurrence with the judicial opinion alluded to, that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Gentry v. FrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1835
3Cited by5 opinions
- Dorrance v. DorranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Lemp v. LempSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
- Bryson v. BrysonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1853
- Dyer v. BrannockMissouri Court of Appeals · 1876
- Bryson v. BrysonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869