State Ex Rel. Farrer v. McGuire

PEE CUEIAM.

This is a paternity filiation proceeding in which a jury found that Danny Eay McGuire is the father of the petitioner’s haby. In Mr. McGuire’s appeal he contends that there was insufficient corroboration of the petitioner’s charge that he and she had sexual intercourse by which the child was conceived. OES 109.155 (1) provides in part:

“* * * If paternity is denied, corroborating evidence, in addition to the testimony of the mother * * * shall be required.”

In State v. Tokstad, 139 Or 63, 8 P2d 86 (1932), and State v. Brake, 99 Or 310, 195 P 583 (1921), it was held that the…