Legal Opinion
Keel v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided December 5, 1950No. 5 Div. 323PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARR, Judge.
The appellant is charged with bastardy upon complaint made by Mildred Brown. In the circuit court the issue was found in favor of the State.
Insistence is made that the circuit court did not acquire jurisdiction of the cause on account of the failure of the solicitor to file a complaint as required by Title 15, Sec. 363, Code 1940.
Title 6 of Code 1940 provides for the necessary steps in a bastardy proceeding. Sec. 10 of this title is:
“The court, on the appearance of the accused, must, if he demand it, cause an issue to be made up, to ascertain whether he is the real father of the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Fries v. Acme White Lead & Color WorksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- Kelley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
- Hall v. PearceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Welch v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1938
- William E. Harden, Inc. v. HardenAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Adams v. StateCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- State v. HortonCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1979
- Claybrook v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1957
- Grimes v. JacksonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
- Grimes v. JacksonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954