Legal Opinion
Feyler v. Mortimer
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 19, 1949PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
In May of 1946, Miss Hilde Feyler, a national and resident of Germany, gave birth to a child. Nearly two years later, while still in Germany, she filed a paternity proceeding complaint in the Court of Special Sessions of New York City, charging the defendant, a resident of New York County, with having fathered her child while he served in Germany as an officer in the United States occupation forces. Upon defendant’s challenge to the court’s jurisdiction, the trial justice quashed the summons, which he had previously issued, and dismissed the proceeding. The Appellate Division unanimously…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Matter of ClausiNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
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- Commissioner of Public Welfare v. TorresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- H.M. v. E.T.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Duerr v. WittmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1958
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