State ex rel. Crooks v. Cummins

This is a proceeding under the provisions of article 2 of chapter 295, Laws 1923 (Uniform Illegitimacy Act), seeking to establish that defendant was the father of relator’s illegitimate child and to enforce his obligation to support such child. The verdict of the jury was in favor of plaintiff, and judgment was entered thereon, declaring the paternity of the child and requiring defendant to make certain payments for the support of the child, from which judgment, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant has appealed.

It became an issue in the ease whether or not certain…