Keller v. Mertens
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John Mertens, from an order of the Court of Special Sessions of the first division of the city of New York, made on the ,1st day of August, 1898, adjudging the appellant to be the father of a bastard child about to be born, and requiring him to contribute one dollar and fifty cents per week for and towards the support and maintenance thereof.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
On the complaint of one Victoria Malinska, who alleged that she was pregnant with a child likely to be born a bastard, and that the defendant was the father of such child, a proceeding was instituted by the commissioner of charities of the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx in the city of New York, and resulted in the judgment appealed from. The only point raised by the defendant was that the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York had no jurisdiction, as neither the father nor the mother of the child was a resident of the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, such…
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