Stanton v. Willson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
MOTION for a new trial. These were actions of book debt for education and support, furnished by the plaintiff, before her intermarriage with Stanton, and by him afterwards, to the children of Bird. As both the cases depend upon the same principles, apd were argued together, it is not necessary ,. ,. . . , . lurther to distinguish them.
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MOTION for a new trial. These were actions of book debt for education and support, furnished by the plaintiff, before her intermarriage with Stanton, and by him afterwards, to the children of Bird. As both the cases depend upon the same principles, apd were argued together, it is not necessary ,. ,. . . , . lurther to distinguish them. The account produced at the trial consisted of the r , following articles: To cash paid Mr. Conklin for his wife’s nursing William, an infant son of said John Bird, from June 1st, 1797, to Jlfiril 1st, 1798, 43 weeks and three days, at 1 dollar, - - - - §43 43…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court. Smith and Baldwin», Judges,
dissenting. Swift, J. absent. Parents are hound by law to maintain, protect, and educate their legitimate children, during their infancy, or nonage. This duty rests on the father# *56audit is reasonable it should be so, as the personal estate of the wife, and in her possession at the time of the marriage, becomes the property of the husband, and . , & ,. instantly vests in him.
By the divorce, the relation of husband and wife was destroyed ; but not the relation between Bird and his children. His duty and liability, as to them, remained the same, except so…
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