Thirdgill v. Williams

This is an appeal by the state from a judgment entered in a filiation proceeding (ORS 109.125) pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of the defendant (ORS 109.155).

Error is assigned in the overruling of objections to certain questions asked during cross-examination of the plaintiff.

The questions objected to were asked to establish that at other times subsequent to the birth of the child in question the prosecutrix had borne on at least two occasions children fathered by two men other than the respondent.

No Oregon case dealing with this specific question has been called to our attention.

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