People v. Borner

In filiation proceedings, the proof must be “ entirely satisfactory ” to sustain an order. (Commissioner of Public Welfare of City of N. Y. v. Hotel, 256 App. Div. 352; *142Commissioner of Public Welfare of City of N. Y. v. Ryan, 238 App. Div. 607; Drummond v. Dolan, 155 App. Div. 449.) On this record it is our opinion that the proof is clearly insufficient in quality and quantity to warrant an order adjudging the defendant to be the father of the child. The order awarded counsel fees to the Niagara County Commissioner of Public Welfare. While the father of a child born out of wedlock is liable…