Lewis v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 22 — BASTARDY— APPEAL PROM UNION CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Civil Code, sec. 20; Amendment of March 1, 1860. Revised Statutes, sec. 2, chap. 6. Act of Fel. 17, 1858. Act of March 3, 1860, Myers' Sup., 61. Act of June 3, 1865, Myers' Sup., 62. Act of Fel. 14, 1866, Myers' Sup., 735. MSS. Opm., Jane term, 1866; O'Donoghue vs. Akin. CITED— ,4 Met., 71; Commonwealth vs. Taphorn. Act of March 1, 1860, Myers’ Codc,p. 8. See. 12, Act of June 3, 1865. Act of Feb. 14, 1866.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE WILLIAMS
delivered the opinion oe tiie oodrt:
Appellant, a freedman, having been adjudged by the Union county court, at its July term, 1867, to be the father of the illegitimate freed child 'of Julia Martin, a freed woman, which was born December 27, 1864, when both the mother and putative father were slaves, and required to pay fifty dollars annually for its support, until it should arrive at ten years of age, appealed to the circuit court, which affirmed the county court judgment, and from which he prosecutes an appeal to this court.
• The amendment of March 1, 1860, to section 20, Civil…
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