McKay v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION to the Supreme Court for writ of review to annul an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, directing payment of attorneys’ fees and costs, upon appeal from an order of said court for maintenance of children of divorced persons. John Hunt, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
This is a hearing upon an original application for a writ of review. The unquestioned facts shown by the return are the following: Upon the sixteenth day of June, 1884, Emma J. McKay, then the wife of the petitioner herein, Angus McKay, obtained a decree of divorce from her husband. The decree awarded to her the care, custody, and control of the children of the marriage, Horton L. McKay, aged five years, and Ethel M. McKay, aged three years. It contained, however, no provisions for alimony for the maintenance and support of the minor children. Ho appeal was taken from this decree, and it has…
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