Augusta (GA) Chronicle, November 15, 1913, p. 4.
A QUEER ACTION AT LAW
This is a queer action at law in Nashville, Indiana, as we learn of it in
the telegrams from that town. It is a suit in which a father asks a
perpetual injunction to prevent his son and granddaughter visiting him
except on specific invitation. It was filed in the circuit court here the
other day by Attorney W. J. Beck for Collin M. McCord, aged 73, a Brown
County farmer.
It is alleged in the complaint that Charles R. McCord, aged 38 (difficult to
read), the son, for many years refused to speak to his father or mother when
passing the house, but that in March 1912, the son, accompanied by his
daughter, Ruth, aged 10, arrived at his father's home and announced that
they were there to stay. Since then, the complaint states, the two have
lived at the elder McCord's without paying their board.
In the complaint, the father asks the privilege of inviting his son and
granddaughter to visit his home and that the duration of the visit may be
determined by the host and hostess and not the guests.
Mr. Beck said he had consulted many law books but had not found similar suit
on record.
Many a George father would not resort to law in a case like this. If the
son would not work he would be treated to the hickory, no matter what his
age. At any rate, he would be thrown out, bag and baggage, if his father
did not want him.