Harris v. Harris
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Leavenworth County. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. 1. A father is not liable to third persons who furnish necessaries to his minor children. 17 Verm., 848; 1 Blackst. Com., 448; 4 East, 76; Bishop on Mar. and Liv., § 632; 3 Seam., 179; Chitty on Cord., 140; 10 Barb., 483; 13 Barb., 502; 9 Casey, 50; 1 Smith’s L. C., 227; 20 Eng.
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Error from Leavenworth County. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. 1. A father is not liable to third persons who furnish necessaries to his minor children. 17 Verm., 848; 1 Blackst. Com., 448; 4 East, 76; Bishop on Mar. and Liv., § 632; 3 Seam., 179; Chitty on Cord., 140; 10 Barb., 483; 13 Barb., 502; 9 Casey, 50; 1 Smith’s L. C., 227; 20 Eng. L. 2. At any rate a divorced wife can maintain no action at law against him for the maintenance of their joint offspring. 22 Conn., 411; 13 Johns., 192; 29 Barb. 124 ; 6 Abbott’s Dig., 420, § 6; 10 Gush., 41; Bishop…
1Opinion of the Court
*49 By the Court,
Kinsman, C. J.
The petition in this case -alleges that the defendant below (plaintiff in error) is the .father of these minor chilmiren, Eva, Kosalie and Jeanette; that he had neglected and'refused'to support thenv'foA .(three years before the . commencement of the action f^thaf'the plaintiff had supported them, and that the . maintenance, was worth a . certain sum for which she claimed judgment. The facts as shown in the testimony are*briefly these: On January 2, 1861, Lotta Harris, the .plaintiff below, obtained a decree of divorce from her husband. That decree gave her “ the…
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