Legal Opinion

Monday v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided October 17, 1950No. 955PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Appellant brings here for review an adjudication of the Juvenile Court, based on a jury verdict, finding him to be the father of a bastard child and requiring him to support said child.

The first assigned error relates to the admission of testimony by the complaining witness that she was pregnant in the latter part of March 1949. Appellant argues that such testimony was “unsupported by competent testimony” — presumably meaning medical testimony. He cites no case to support his contention, nor are we aware of any rule of law to that effect. The actual testimony of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  2. Fuller v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
  3. Le Cointe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1895
  4. Boorstein v. DouglasDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hassler v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
  2. District of Columbia v. MockDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966

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