Legal Opinion

People v. Case

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 11, 1912No. Docket No. 129PublishedCited by 34 opinions

Certiorari to Ionia; Davis, J. Fred Case was found by the verdict of a jury to be the father of an alleged illegitimate child.

1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.

As a result of certain statutory proceedings had in the Ionia circuit court, the respondent was adjudged to be the father of the bastard child of one Nancy Osborn. The proceedings were instituted at the suggestion of the supervisor of the township of Boston, in which township complainant resided, on the theory that, if the child should live, it would be a charge upon the public.

Nancy Osborn was, at the time of making the complaint, a married woman 38 years of age and the mother of six children. It was her claim that she was begotten with child by respondent on the 30th day of September, 1910,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wallace v. WallaceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  2. Egbert v. GreenwaltMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
  3. Scanlon v. WalsheCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1895
  4. Smith v. HenlineIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Bowman v. LittleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1905

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. McNamara v. McNamaraCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
  2. In Re KHMichigan Supreme Court · 2004
  3. In re BeckMichigan Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Smith v. RobbinsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. King v. Peninsular Portland Cement Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1921

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