Cooper v. State Ex Rel. Leedy, Co. Atty.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Brror from Bilis County Court; A. B. Williams, Judge. Proceedings in bastardy by the State, on the relation of C. B. Eeedy, County Attorney of Ellis County, against Nathan Cooper. .The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the court charged the defendant with maintenance in the sum of $800, payable in annual installments, from which he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
The petition in error is filed in this court upon the assumption that a bastardy proceeding is in the nature of a civil action, and that therefore this court has jurisdiction of the appeal from the county court. ' We assume, without deciding, that this is true (Bell v. Territory of Oklahoma, 8 Okla. 75, 56 Pac. 853; In re Comstock, 10 Okla. 299, 61 Pac. 921), and confine our decision within as narrow limits as possible, waiving any discussion of several intricate questions that-might have been raised.
The principal question which it is necessary to pass upon i-s whether a…
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- In Re ComstockSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1900
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