Legal Opinion

Oakes v. Oakes

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 2, 1957No. 29711PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis dismissing a petition and denying a decree of separate maintenance.

Viola G. Oakes charged her husband Joseph with abandonment without reasonable cause for one year beginning April 6, 1954, failure and refusal thereafter to support her, and vagrancy. Joseph filed an answer consisting of a general denial and a charge that plaintiff had invited him to leave their house and move elsewhere, and that she was associating with another man. He also filed a cross-bill for divorce. After hearing the…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. La Presto v. La PrestoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
  2. State Ex Rel. Fawkes v. BlandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
  3. Brindley v. BrindleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
  4. Butler v. ButlerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1823
  5. Wright v. WrightSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Reeves v. ReevesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1966
  2. Bailey v. BaileyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1958
  3. Bodine v. Wood Tech Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1967
  4. Grieshaber v. GrieshaberMissouri Court of Appeals · 1958
  5. Loague v. LoagueMissouri Court of Appeals · 1966

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