Bowers v. Axsom

This is an appeal by appellant-Joseph Leon Bowers in a paternity action filed under the Children Born Out of Wedlock Statute, i.e., IC 1971, 31-4-1-9, Ind. Ann. Stat. §3-631 (Burns 1968). Trial was to a jury before the Juvenile Referee of the Tenth Judicial Circuit resulting in a hung jury.

Upon motion by plaintiff-appellee, Clara Mae Axsom, for judgment on the evidence filed under Rule TR. 50, Indiana Rules of Procedure, the Referee made findings and recommendations upon which the court entered judgment and order.

Appellant-Bowers properly perfected this appeal. In his brief, the only one…