People ex rel. Gerard v. Wilson

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rock Island County entered in a cause tried by the court without a jury, in which the court found the defendant, Thomas Wilson, to be the father of the illegitimate child born to the plaintiff, Sue Gerard, and in which a judgment assessing child support in the sum of $25 per week was entered against defendant. Defendant was also ordered to reimburse appellee, Sue Gerard, the sum of $210.64 which represents one-half of the medical and prescription expense occasioned by the pregnancy and birth of the child.

Defendant raises three basic…