Gentry v. Davis

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Pursuant to the provisions of T.C.A. § 16-408, appellant has perfected a direct appeal to this Court from the dismissal of her suit by the Juvenile Court of Roane County. Appellant filed suit to bring ap-pellee, a resident of Georgia, before the courts of Tennessee to declare him to be the father of her then unborn child, and to legitimate the child for the purposes of inheritance from the father. Though not so stated in the complaint, such suits are brought under authority of T.C.A. §§ 36-222 to 36-236. Appellant’s complaint alleged that

“during the time biologically…