State Ex Rel. Patton v. Terpstra

The sole issue presented to the district court under the pleadings in the instant cause was to determine the paternity of a child and to fix the amount of money to be paid by the defendant in the event that the jury found that he was the father of said child. Two primary matters are involved on this appeal: (1) Whether the provision of the decree wherein the defendant was ordered and adjudged to give security for the payment of the judgment entered against him is constitutionally valid, and (2) whether the bailiff of the district court in charge of the jury in this cause was guilty of…