A father's house Is always open to his children ; and whether they be married or unmarried, It is still to them a refuge from evil, and a consolation In distress. Natural affection establishes and consecrates this asylum. Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan - Page 48by Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1905Full view - About this book
| Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 406 pages
...case in 5 Johns. R. 209, is exactly in point; ami we cordially concur with Chief Justice Kent, that a father's house is always open to his children, and...even a legal obligation to maintain his children and grand children, if he be competent, and they unable to maintain themselves ; and according to Lord... | |
| Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 556 pages
...The case in 5 Johns. 209, is exactly in point, and we cordially concur with Chief Justice Kent, that a "father's house is always open to his children,...a refuge from evil and a consolation in distress. Nat uraF affection establishes and consecrates this asylum. The father is under even a legal obligation... | |
| James Schouler - Domestic relations - 1874 - 808 pages
...and profligate husband, but even stimulated to do so. " A father's house," says Chancellor Kent, " is always open to his children ; and whether they...affection establishes and consecrates this asylum." 1 But this does not justify even a parent in hostile interference against the husband ; for the latter's... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1246 pages
...peculiar interest ; this is the first action of the kind I have met with, brought against the father. A father's house is always open to his children ;...consecrates this asylum. The father Is under even a legal •For other cases see same topic and section NUMBER In Dec. big- * Am. Dig. Key-No. Serle« ft Rep'r... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1228 pages
...interfere with the verdict. But that relationship gives the case a new and peculiar interest. * • * A father's house is always open to his children ;...affection establishes and consecrates this asylum, » * * and, according to Lord Coke, it is 'nature's profession to assist, maintain, and console the... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 900 pages
...former home; they were her parents. As well remarked by Kent, CJ, in Iltttchesou v. Peck, 5 Johns. 209, a father's house is always open to his children; and...affection establishes and consecrates this asylum. Having determined to separate from her husband (whether for or without sufficient cause does not appear... | |
| Joel Prentiss Bishop - Divorce - 1891 - 826 pages
...purpose, — bad faith toward the husband.6 § 1364. Wife's Parents. — " A father's house," says Kent, " is always open to his children ; and whether they...even a legal obligation to maintain his children and grandehildren, if he be competent, and they unable to maintain themselves ; and according to Lord Coke,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1240 pages
...may be justly required to be shown before they should be held responsible." Cooley, Torts, p. 224. "A father's house is always open to his children;...affection establishes and consecrates this asylum." "According to Lord Coke, 'it is nature's profession to assist, maintain, and console the child.'" "Bad... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 1064 pages
...action is against a stranger: fjutchaa* v. f'tek, 6 Johns. 19fi; Bennett v. Smith, 21 Barb. 439. "The father's house is always open to his children; and,...unmarried, it is still to them a refuge from evil, and * consolation la distress": ffuteheton T. Peek, 5 Johns. 196, per Kent, CJ It has also been said that... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 1072 pages
...a stranger: Huti-hftrm v. Peek, 6 Johns. 19G; Bennett v. Smitli, 21 Barb. 439. "The father's bouse is always open to his children; and, whether they be married or unmarried, it ii still to them a refuge from evil, and ft consolation la distress ": Hutclieso* *. Peek, 5 Johns.... | |
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