- Transcription of textDivorce, Vol. 138, page 90, Case # 55090, State of KS.
In the District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Violet Hunt, by Mary Sparks, her next friend, Plantiff, vs.
Ernest Hunt, Defendant,
PETITION
Plantiff alledges:
That Plantiff is, and has been a bona fide resident of Sedgwick County, Kansas, for more than one year next preceedding the filing of this petition.
That Plantiff and defendant were married at Wichita Kansas, on or about the 7th day of August, 1923; and since said date, have been husband and wife.
That Plantiff is a minor, seventeen years of age; and that Mary Sparks is her mother and next friend.
That without fault on the part of this Plantiff, the said defendant has been guilty of gross neglect of duty, in this that since said marriage, the said defendant has failed, neglected and refused to support this plaintiff, furnish her with the nessessaries of life, and a home; and that a large part of of the time since said marriage, the said plaintiff has been compelled to live with her mother, and has received support at the hands of her mother.
WHEREFORE, plaintiff prays for a divorce from the defendant; and for such other relief as may seem to the court equitable and just.
Potts & Bennett
Attorneys for Plaintiff
State of Kansas,) ss.
Sedgwick County,)
Violet Hunt, being duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says that she is the plaintiff in the above entitled court; that the statements, allegations and averments contained in the foregoing petition are true; that her cause of action is just; and that by reason of her poverty, she is unable to give security for costs.
Mrs. Violet Hunt.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of Oct., 1924.
Mabel Wycoff Notary Public.
My commission expires Dec. 4th, 1925.
PRECIPE FOR SUMMONS
District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas. Issued 10/16
Violet Hunt, by Mary Sparks, }
her next friend, }
vs. }
Ernest Hunt, }
To the Clerk of said Court:
ISSUE SUMMONS in the above entitled cause, returnable according to law and direct the same to the Sherriff of Sedgwick County, State of Kansas, to or for the defendants,
Ernest Hunt, 508 South Topeka Ave.
Action brought for Divorce
Dated 15th day of October, A. D. 1924.
Potts & Bennett, Attorneys for Plaintiff
Plantiff,
Of the District Court ?
SUMMONS
Issued 10/16/24
Returnable 10/27/24
Potts & Bennett
Attorneys for Plaintiff
APP. DOCKET FILED
NO 138 OCT 27 1924 PAGE 90
A. E. JACQUES, CLERK
SUMMONS
State of Kansas) ss.
(Eightenth Judicial District)
County of Sedgwick)
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO THE SHERRIFF OF SEDGWICK COUNTY, GREETING:
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to notify Ernest Hunt, 508 So. Topeka Ave. that he has been sued
By Violet Hunt, etc. in Division No. ___ of the District Court, Eightenth Judicial District, State of Kansas, sitting within and for the County of Sedgwick, and that he must answer the petition filerd against him in the Clerk?s office of said court, on or before the 17 day of November, A. D. 1924, or such petition will be takenm as true and judgement rendered accordingly.
You will make due return of this summons on or before the 27th day of Oct. A. D. 1924.
Witness my hand, and seal of said court, at my office in the city of Wichita, in said County of Sedgwick, the 16th day of October A. D. 1924.
A. E. Jacques, Clerk
By B. Altland, Deputy.
Suit brought for Divorce
Potts & Bennett
Attorneys for Plaintiff
State of Kansas,) ss. Received this writ Oct 16, 1924
Sedgwick County,) and as commanded therein, I summoned the following
persons, of the defendants within named at the times following, to-wit:
The following persons, of the defendants within named, not found in said county:
Ernest Hunt
Chester R. Conner, Sheriff.
By W. L. Matthews, Deputy.
SHERRIFF?S FEES
1 copies of Summons .25
3 miles .80
Total, $1.05
Chester R. Conner, Sheriff.
W. L. Matthews, Deputy.
In the District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas,
Division Number Three.
Violet Hunt, Plantiff,
vs. No. 55090
Ernest Hunt, Defendant.
Journal Entry of Dismissal
NOW, on this 22 day of Oct 1925, this cause is dismissed for want of prosecution, at the cost of the Plantiff, without prejudice.
Graham Pieiport (?)
Judge, Division Number Three
DetailVol. 138, page 90, Case # 55090, State of KS, District Court of Sedgwick County
Date
Other informationIt seems the Sparks family did not keep up with fee payments and may have just moved on with their lives after the initial filing for divorce. Technically, the divorce was never finalized.
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