Donselman v. Mulligan

This suit was brought in the Common Pleas Court by Elizabeth Donselman to collect for the care and support of her minor son for the previous six years’ time and she claims that Dr. Mulligan was the putative father of the boy, who, at the time of starting the case, was about 17 or 18 years of age.

The plaintiff had a husband living at the time the said child was begotten and the Common Pleas held that the plaintiff was wholly incompetent to testify to the fact of non-access by her husband, but the Common Pleas held that if she had been, a competent witness to the fact of non-access, judgment…