State, on Behalf of Ortloff v. Hanson

PETERSON, Justice.

This is a paternity action brought pursuant to Minn.St. 257.251 to 257.31. Defendant, who was found by the jury to be the father, contends on this appeal that the evidence that he is the father of the child is legally insufficient, that the plaintiff’s counsel committed prejudicial misconduct in his cross-examination of defendant and another witness, that the court erred in awarding $1,775.40 in pregnancy and maintenance expenses of the mother, and that the court erred in taxing defendant $300 in expert witness fees for the testimony of the attending physician.

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