Legal Opinion
Beach v. Beach
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 28, 1940No. 7559PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice., Appellant sued her husband, the appellee, for maintenance, and alleged that she was pregnant by him. Appellee denied paternity, charged appellant with adultery, and counterclaimed for divorce. Appellant’s child was.born pending suit, and the District Court, on appellee’s motion, ordered appellant and the child to submit to a blood grouping test for comparison of their blood with appellee’s. This is a special appeal from that order. The sole question is whether the court was authorized to make .it.
The value of blood grouping tests as proof of non-paternity is well…
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