Pomainville v. Bicknell

This is a bastardy case. Trial was by jury with a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The case is here on the defendant’s exception to the refusal of the trial court to set the verdict aside on the grounds that it was against the weight of the evidence and against the law.

A medical expert testified for the defendant that it has been definitely established that two people whose blood is classified in Group O can only be parents of a child whose blood is classified in that group because there is no way that these parents can pass on the genes for any other group; that in the present case…