Legal Opinion

Kendall v. Kendall

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 21, 1922PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Messmore Kendall, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of June, 1921, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, overruling defendant’s demurrer to the complaint.

1Opinion of the Court

Laughlin, J.:

This is an action at law by the plaintiff, an infant upwards of fourteen years of age, by her mother as guardian ad litem, against her father to recover $9,500, being an aggregate of monthly installments of $500, which, by an agreement in writing between him and his wife, made on the 28th day of December, 1918, and entitled in an action pending in the Second 'Judicial Court in the State of Nevada, brought by his wife against him for divorce, he agreed to pay and by a decree of divorce entered in the action three days thereafter, he was directed to pay to the plaintiff’s mother.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hutchins v. HutchinsNew York Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Weinstock v. LevisonNew York Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Beardsley v. McCutcheonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Yates v. YatesNew York Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Schneider v. SchneiderNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
  3. Drake v. DrakeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  4. Magrill v. MagrillAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1959
  5. Forman v. FormanNew York Court of Appeals · 1966

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