Martinez v. Lopez

We will refer to the parties by name.

The proceedings in the Pueblo county court were instituted by Phillis Lopez, the unwed mother of an infant boy, charging plaintiff in error, Martinez, under ’53 C.R.S. 22-7-1, with contributing to the dependency of the child and listing him in the petition as the father of the child.

Martinez denied paternity and also denied that the child was dependent as contemplated under the statute, and sought and obtained a jury trial. The jury returned answers to interrogatories submitted by the court as follows:

“INTERROGATORY NO. 1 Do you find that Eugene Martinez…