Voullaire v. Voullaire
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jippcal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The father is the natural and legal custodian of his children, unless shown to be an unfit custodian.' (The People v. Merriam, 25 Wend. 64; 18 Wend. 637; 3 Hill, 399 ; 19 Wend. 16.) There is no evidence in the record tending to show that defendant is an unfit custodian of these children.
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Jippcal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The father is the natural and legal custodian of his children, unless shown to be an unfit custodian.' (The People v. Merriam, 25 Wend. 64; 18 Wend. 637; 3 Hill, 399 ; 19 Wend. 16.) There is no evidence in the record tending to show that defendant is an unfit custodian of these children. H. The case was tried in court-room No. 3, before Judge Rombauer, who, after hearing and deciding the ease, refused to hear or decide the motion for a new trial, and sent the case to court-room No. 2 (Judge Smith) for trial. The motion for a new trial was improperly…
1Opinion of the CourtBliss, Judge
In September; 1867, the plaintiff instituted in the St. Louis Circuit Court a suit against the defendant; her then husband, for divorce,-and in due time obtained a decree dissolving;the marriage relation, and giving, her the custody of her five children. She soon after intermarried with Isaac’M. Ruth; and .in November, 1868, the defendant presents a petition for- a review of so much of the divorce-as gives, to the plaintiff the custody-of the children, and asks to have them restored to him. He alleges various reasons for his request, some of which affect the character of the mother, and all-…
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