Poynter v. Trotter

Louis Gene Poynter was alleged to be the father of an illegitimate child in bastardy proceedings instituted in the County Court of Forrest County, Mississippi. A jury returned a verdict at the conclusion of the trial in the following words: “We, the jury find for the plaintiff and assess her damages at $200 as past reasonable expenses for pregnancy, confinement, and medical attention, and the sum of $40 to be paid monthly for 12 years. Payment to start September 1, 1963 and payable on the 1st of each month thereafter. ’ ’

*814On the same day, the court corrected the verdict so as to conform to…