Zepeda v. Zepeda

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff is the infant son of the defendant. He seeks damages from his father because he is an illegitimate child. He appeals from an order dismissing his suit and striking his complaint for its failure to state a cause of action.

Although the defendant moved to dismiss the complaint in the trial court, he did not contest this appeal. During the oral argument in this court Mr. Hugh M. Matchett, the plaintiff’s attorney, said he thought the defendant’s viewpoint should be represented. He suggested that Professor Max…