Botham v. Fischer

This is a bastardy proceeding which comes to this Court by a binding-over judgment of a Justice of the Peace. The defendant entered a special appearance in this Court and filed a plea in abatement and to the jurisdiction, which was the renewal of a similar plea filed before the Justice of the Peace. The plaintiff filed an answer to the Plea in Abatement divided into three parts, which are described as First, Second and Third Counts but which are, in fact, three separate defenses to the Plea in Abatement. The defendant in turn filed a pleading entitled Demurrer to Answer to Plea in Abatement.…