Stenzel v. Bennett

Order unanimously reversed, on the law and facts, without costs, and petition dismissed. Memorandum: This is a filiation proceeding in which the defendant has been adjudged the father of complainant’s illegitimate child. While defendant admits intercourse with petitioner on numerous occasions, he gives a fairly creditable explanation as to lack of contact during the crucial period of time relative to this pregnancy. This, combined with the testimony of petitioner’s landlord relative to the number of men seen going in and out of her apartment, and on one occasion seeing a man in bed with her,…