State ex rel. Williams v. Herbert

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The defendant appeals from a judgment rendered against him in a bastardy proceeding, and assigns error upon the amount of the payments required, alleging them to be excessive, and upon the ruling denying him a jury trial.

The trial court considered the age, education, property and environment of the defendant and concluded that $150 a year in quarterly payments, until the child should reach the age of eighteen years, was reasonable, and provided for a lump sum payment at any time at the option of the defendant. The amount in such cases is…