STATE EX. REL. JONES v. Workman

In this filiation proceeding under ORS 109.125 a jury determined that defendant was the father of a child bom to plaintiff out of wedlock. Defendant was ordered to pay for the past and future support of the child. He appeals.

Defendant contends, and plaintiff seems to concede, that this court must review the record de novo even though the trial was to a jury, which rendered a unanimous jury verdict. Because that question has never been decided, and because its resolution is important in the review of filiation proceedings, we consider it in spite of plaintiffs concession. The contention is…