Crum v. Brock

This is a bastardy proceeding begun in the court of a justice of the peace, as provided by sections 268 et seq., Code of 1906 (sections 217 et seq., Hemingway’s Code). On the hearing, the complaint was dismissed by the justice of the peace, and the appellee, the mother of the child, appealed therefrom, in accordance with section 269, Code of 1906 (section 218, Hemingway’s Code). The complaint filed before the justice of the peace and the declaration filed in the court below, both allege that the appellee is. a single woman, and that on the 25th day of May, 1921, she gave birth to a bastard…