Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Church
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 8, 1929PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSweeney, J.
After trial in the Superior Court the jury-found that respondent was the father of an illegitimate child born of a woman residing in Providence. The case is now before this court on respondent’s exceptions and certain constitutional questions raised by him during the trial.
The complaint in this case is made under authority of Chapter 843, Public Laws, 1926, which became effective April 26, 1926. This chapter is in amendment of Chapter 107 of the General Laws 1923, entitled “Of the Maintenance of Bastard Children”, which title has been amended to read: “Of children born out of wedlock.”
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mahler v. EbySupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Libby v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Commonwealth v. CallaghanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- State v. RichardsonNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1920
- State v. ScottSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by7 opinions
- Lawrence v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987
- Peters v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
- Spagnoulo v. BisceglioSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
- DUNN, HINDS COUNTY WELFARE AGENT v. GrishamMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
- Senn v. KogutSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1952
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