Nixon v. Perry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Parent and Child. Bastards. Before Judge John T. Clarke. Terrell Superior Court. May Term, 1886. T. H. Nixon brought two actions of complaint in the statutory'form against John B. Perry, on open accounts for the support of the illegitimate child of the defendant, alleged to have been abandoned by him. On demurrer, the court dismissed both actions, and the plaintiff excepted.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The question in this case is, whether an action will lie at the instance of a person who' has expended money in *531the support and maintenance of a bastard child, against the reputed father of such child. We are of opinion that no such action lies in this State. The reputed father of a bastard child can only be made to support the child in the manner pointed out by the code; that is to say, a warrant must have been issued against him, and he must have been required to give bond to support such child, and when he has given such bond, the ordinary, when the child has become…
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