State, Ex Rel. Niven v. Tomblin

Charles Tomblin, the appellant, was “adjudged * * # the reputed father” of a child born out of wedlock, under authority of Section 12123, General Code (119 Ohio Laws, 731), in the Municipal Court jof the city of Barberton. The court then (1) awarded a fixed amount to the mother for her “support, maintenance and expenses caused by pregnancy and childbirth”; (2) ordered that “the said Charles Tomblin pay to the complainant, the sum of four dollars a week for the support and maintenance of the said child up to 18 years of age * * *.”

Several months after the order was entered in the court’s…