In re Gassaway

Citations

• 70 Kan. 695
• 79 P. 113
• 1905 Kan. LEXIS 31

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Practice, Probate Court — Power to Commit Girls to Industrial School — Act Constitutional. Section 11 of the Laws of 1889 (Gen. Stat. 1901, §7147), which confers power on the probate courts to commit to the industrial school for girls “any girl under sixteen years of age who is incorrigible and habitually disregards the commands of her father, mother, or guardian, and who leads a vagrant life, or resorts to immoral places or practices, and neglects or refuses to perform labor suitable to her years and condition, and to attend school,” is not unconstitutional, This authority, when exercised in the manner provided by the statute, is purely judicial, and not inconsistent with the full and free performance of the duties imposed upon such courts by the constitution.</p>