Cochran v. Cochran

In this divorce action, the only question contested was the legitimacy of a child of the parties. Appellant husband insists that he could not possibly be the father. The trial court found otherwise, and this appeal ensued.

With the consent of respondent wife, a vasectomy was performed upon appellant on August 10, 1966, by Dr. Frederick Hahn. Dr. Hahn was called as a witness by appellant and testified that in the operation approximately 1 inch of each of the tubes carrying the sperm was removed. The remaining ends were ligated (tied) with permanent silk sutures. Scar tissue formed at each of…