Evans v. State ex rel. Freeman
Indiana Supreme Court
From Monroe Circuit Court; James B. Wilson, Judge. Action by the State of Indiana, on the relation of Irene Freeman, against Pleasant Evans. From a judgment for plaintiff for $350, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1337u Burns 1901, Acts 1901, p. 590.
1Opinion
On Petition for Rehearing.
3. Hadley, J.—Appellant’s petition for a rehearing is accompanied with so much earnestness and manifest research that we are impressed with the propriety of amplifying somewhat the principles of the previous decision. Appellant claims that the court has fallen into two errors: (1) In holding that in bastardy cases the unsupported testimony of the mother may be sufficient to sustain a judgment against the defendant, without corroboration on the point of the husband’s non-access; (2) in holding that the testimony of a married woman is admissible to prove the non-access…
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