Chester v. Chester
Missouri Court of Appeals
Error to the St. Louis Circuit Court, Thayer, J. The father must provide for the support of his children. — Rev. Stat., sects. 601,1273; Sé. Perd.
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Error to the St. Louis Circuit Court, Thayer, J. The father must provide for the support of his children. — Rev. Stat., sects. 601,1273; Sé. Perd. Academy v. Bobb, 52 Mo. 357 ; Gourtwright v. Gourtwright, 40 Mich. 633; Reynolds v. Sweetser, 15 Gray 78; Walker v. Leighton, 31 N. H. Ill; Gill v. Reed, 5 R. I. 343; McGoon v. Irmn, 1 Pinney (Wis.) 526; Rawlyns v. Vandyke, 3 Esp. 251. The divorce of the father and mother has no effect on their legal duty towards their minor children ; and the father is bound to support them whether they are left in his custody or given to the mother. — 2 Bishop on…
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, J.
In an action for divorce brought by plaintiff against defendant, a decree was entered on the 9 th day of June, 1879, in favor of plaintiff, dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties, and containing this clause: “It is further ordered by the court that the plaintiff have the entire and exclusive care, custody, and control of Grace Chester, the child of said parties, until the further order of this court. And it is further ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court, that the plaintiff recover of the defendant as her alimony in gross, the sum of eleven thousand five hundred dollars.”…
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- Buckminster v. BuckminsterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1865
- Husband v. HusbandIndiana Supreme Court · 1879
- Holt v. HoltSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1883
- Wilson v. WilsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1873
- Lusk v. LuskSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
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- McCloskey v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1919
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