Taylor v. Horton

Order unanimously reversed, on the law and facts, without costs, and petition dismissed. Memorandum: This is a filiation proceeding in which appellant has been adjudged the father of petitioner’s illegitimate child. The trial of the issues took place approximately eight years subsequent to the birth of the child despite the efforts of appellant’s counsel to have the charges dismissed because of failure of prosecution. The order must rest, if at all, upon the uncorroborated testimony of the petitioner which was often contradictory and of a character such as to negate belief in its…