Moore v. Smith

This is a filiation proceeding under section 179 et seq., Code of 1930, in which the appellant is attempting to charge the appellee with the support of her child, of which she alleges he is the father. The court below excluded practically all the evidence offered by the appellant as and when offered, and when she rested her case directed the jury, at the request of the appellee, to return a verdict for him, and there was a verdict and judgment accordingly.

The appellant and Clyde Speed were lawfully married on the 3d day of June, 1928, and were divorced by a decree of the chancery court of…