McCloskey v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. —Hon. George G. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) The liability for the support and maintenance of minor children rests primarily on the father. Rankin v. Rankin, 83 Mo. App. 335; McCloskey v. McCloskey, 93 Mo. App. 393; Biffle v. Pullam, 114 Mo. 50; Rodgers v. Turner, 59 Mo. 115; Hardy v. Eagle, 54 N. Y. Suppl. 1045; Chester v. Chester, 17 Mo.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. —Hon. George G. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) The liability for the support and maintenance of minor children rests primarily on the father. Rankin v. Rankin, 83 Mo. App. 335; McCloskey v. McCloskey, 93 Mo. App. 393; Biffle v. Pullam, 114 Mo. 50; Rodgers v. Turner, 59 Mo. 115; Hardy v. Eagle, 54 N. Y. Suppl. 1045; Chester v. Chester, 17 Mo. App. 659. (2) When the deceased obtained a divorce from his wife under a decree, making no award of the custody of the children, and which left them to the care and nurture of his former wife, his liability…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
Plaintiffs are the adult sons of John' McCloskey, deceased, and the action is one to enforce a claim against the estate of the said deceased for the reasonable value of a' list of ruany items of alleged necessaries said to have been furnished by the plaintiffs to May McCloskey and Clarence McCloskey, minor children of John McCloskey, during the latter’s lifetime. Upon appeal from the probate court to the circuit court of the city of St. Louis the cause was -tried before the court, a jury having been waived, resulting in a judgment for the defendant executor, from which the plaintiffs…
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- Brow v. BrightmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Shannon v. ShannonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1902
- La Rue v. KempfMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
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