Lawrence v. Grant

JONES, Justice:

This is a suit under our bastardy proceedings, Mississippi Code Annotated sections 383-01 through 383-27 (Supp.1964), known as the Uniform Act on Paternity.

The proceedings were begun in the County Court of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, and came here by direct appeal from said county court, as provided by Section 383-18, supra.

On June 29, 1964, appellant filed a petition in said county court seeking to have appellee declared the father of one of her three children, she being unmarried. The petition bore her affidavit of the truth thereof.

On August 12, 1964, an order of…