Territory of Hawaii v. Duvauchelle

This cause is before the court upon writ of error seeking to reverse a judgment adjudicating the plaintiff in error to be the father of an illegitimate child and directing the payment of certain expenses.

The material facts adduced below were that in March of 1950, the complainant, an unmarried resident of Honolulu, became acquainted with the defendant while visiting on Molokai, and that during complainant’s intermittent visits for approximately a year and a half thereafter they kept company with each other on that island, as well as on several occasions in Honolulu.

In 1951 during a visit to…