Legal Opinion · Dissent

Pfeifer v. Wright

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided June 12, 1930No. 156Published

1DissentMcDERMOTT, Circuit Judge

I regret my inability to concur. In my (Opinion the conclusion reached by the majority would be sound in any jurisdiction which adheres to the principles of the common law as applied to the rights of recognized illegitimates. The Kansas Supreme 'Court has, within recent years, been confronted with two questions which involved the principal rights of recognized illegitimates; 'in each case, that court has acknowledged that the principles of the common law denied to the illegitimate the right claimed; in each •of the eases, that court has expressly declined 'to follow the unbroken current of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Guffey v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  2. Bucher v. Cheshire RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Claiborne County v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Detroit v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. McGoon v. ScalesSupreme Court of the United States · 1870

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