State ex rel. Brenden v. Susanka

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Clark County rendered in an action instituted under the Uniform Illegitimacy Law. SDC 37.21. It is undisputed that the complaining witness gave birth to a child on April 16, 1949. According to her testimony, the child was begotten as the result of intercourse with the defendant on August 8, 1948. Defendant testified that there never was any illicit sexual relation between the complaining witness and himself, but admitted that he had been with her at that time. The case was submitted to a jury and a verdict was returned finding that…