Huke v. Huke
Missouri Court of Appeals
Error to the St. Louis Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel 'D. Fishek. Judge. (1) Chancery has jurisdiction1 over the persons of infants and has power and authority to make and enforce all necessary and proper orders for their care, custody and maintenance.
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Error to the St. Louis Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel 'D. Fishek. Judge. (1) Chancery has jurisdiction1 over the persons of infants and has power and authority to make and enforce all necessary and proper orders for their care, custody and maintenance. Story, Equity Juris., secs. 1332, 1333 and 1334; Bispham on Equity, secs. 542, 546; Adams on Equity, p. 281; Cowls v. Cowls, 8 111. 435; Wellesley v. Beaufort, 2 Russell, Ch. Rep. 21, 22, 23; People v. Chegary, 18 Wend. 643; 1 Minor’s Institute, p. 402. (2) Such chancery jurisdiction in this country does not necessarily depend upon the existence…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This action is brought by a daughter, seventeen years of age, by her next friend, against her father for support and maintenance. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the petition, and the plaintiff prosecutes this appeal. The petition is as follows:
“ Your petitioner, Frieda Huke, by Thomas P. Bashaw, her next friend herein appointed, respectfully represents and shows: That petitioner is a resident of the city of St. Louis, state of Missouri, aged seventeen years, and the daughter of defendant, William Huke, by Amelia Huke, his wife, who died in said city of St. Louis on the thirteenth…
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