Thomas v. Stewart

It might appear from the opening paragraph of the majority opinion and that opinion’s almost total disregard of the sworn testimony given during the trial that the former registrar of vital statistics, rather than the issue involved, is on trial in this proceeding.1 I find it necessary to state the facts shown by the record.

Relators, Orelia Moten, individually and on behalf of her minor children, Gary Wilton Moten and Wesley Randolph Moten, and her major children, Olga Juan Moten, Lois Leander Moten, James Ronald Moten and Gail Patricia Moten, filed this suit against William H. Stewart, M.…