Wood v. Shaw
Citations
- 92 Kan. 70
- 139 P. 1165
- 1914 Kan. LEXIS 168
Syllabus
<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Parent and Child — Mother Deceased — Father Entitled to Custody of Minors. A father of two infant children upon the death of their mother placed them with her parents, under an agreement that they should remain there until fourteen years of age. Four years later the father, having remarried, sought to regain their custody. Held, that he was not hound by the agreement, and being a proper person for the purpose, was entitled to have them restored to him.</p>
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- observing that nothing the plaintiff did “was designed to put [the] defendant in a frame of mind where an unconscionable contract could be procured from him”
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Judges: Mason
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