Escort v. Lafargue

SAMUEL, Judge.

This is a suit to establish the paternity of plaintiff’s four minor children. Defendant has appealed from a judgment decreeing him to be the natural father.

With the exception of only two periods of six and nine months duration, plaintiff and the defendant had lived together for several years during which time the four children were conceived and born. Neither of the litigants had ever been married although on frequent occasions defendant had promised to marry the plaintiff. They were not living together at the time of this suit.

On August 18, 19S8, when the children’s ages ranged…