Wagoner v. Wagoner
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Vital W. Garesche, Judge. (1) Past due installments of a judgment for future maintenance are within the protection of the full faith and credit clause of the Federal Constitution.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Vital W. Garesche, Judge. (1) Past due installments of a judgment for future maintenance are within the protection of the full faith and credit clause of the Federal Constitution. Sistare v. Sistare, 218 U. S. 26. (2) The judgment in favor of Mrs. Wagoner operated to cause an indebtedness to arise in her favor as each installment of maintenance fell due, and the circuit court’s power to modify could not operate retroactively on past due installments. Sis-tare v. Sistare, 218 IT. S. 13; Barber v. Barber, 21 How. •582; Livingston v. Livingston,…
1Opinion of the Court
This appeal is taken from an order or judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis vacating its decree for maintenance entered on February 11, 1916, in the same suit, upon plaintiff's petition filed in said court April 30, 1915, in which she stated that she was married to defendant in September, 1887; that their home was at No. 4167 Lindell Avenue in the City of St. Louis until at or about February 5, 1913, when the defendant, without any cause, abandoned and deserted plaintiff, and that thereafter the plaintiff continued to reside at the same place; that respondent had a large…
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