Rightmire v. Sweat

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

On the 21st day of January, 1954, appellee Cleo Sweat, an unmarried woman, was delivered of a female child. Under the authority of section 12-631, A.R.S. (formerly section 27-402, A.C.A.1939), she brought this action to establish the parentage of the child, alleging that Thomas D. Rightmire, appellant, was the father. Trial was duly had and the jury found that appellant is the father of the child. From the judgment entered on the verdict this appeal has been perfected.

Appellant urges that there was no competent evidence upon which the jury could have based a finding that…