Meffert v. Meffert
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Benton Chancery Court; T. H. Humphreys, Chancellor; 1. The father, unless he is incompetent or unfit, is the natural ¡guardian and entitled to the custody and control of his minor children. Kirby’s Dig., § 3757; 32 Ark. 96; 95 Ark. 355; 37 Ark. 30. Even as against the mother, he is generally -allowed the ¡custody of the children. 82 Ark. 461. 2. The evidence fully makes out a .ease in favor of the appellant.
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Appeal from Benton Chancery Court; T. H. Humphreys, Chancellor; 1. The father, unless he is incompetent or unfit, is the natural ¡guardian and entitled to the custody and control of his minor children. Kirby’s Dig., § 3757; 32 Ark. 96; 95 Ark. 355; 37 Ark. 30. Even as against the mother, he is generally -allowed the ¡custody of the children. 82 Ark. 461. 2. The evidence fully makes out a .ease in favor of the appellant. Certainly, there could be no greater in-, dignities offered to a man of strong religious convictions than for his wife secretly, and without his consent, to take his -children…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
J. K. Meffert sought a divorce from Emma Meffert on the ground that she had offered such indignities to his person as to render his condition intolerable. From ia decree 'dismissing his petition for divorce and awarding his wife the custody of their young child and allowing her alimony, ¡the plaintiff prosecutes this appeal. It appears from the record that these parties were married November 4, 1903, in Kansas City, Missouri, by a probate judge. The plaintiff was a member of the Methodist Church and the defendant of the Roman Catholic Church. After their marriage they lived in various towns…
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