Michael v. State ex rel. Pearson
Indiana Court of Appeals
Prom Hamilton Circuit Court; Meade Vestal, Judge. Action by the State of Indiana, on the relation of Eulah Pearson, against Sanford Michael. Prom a judgment for relatrix, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtIbach, J.
1. There was a judgment against appellant in a bastardy prosecution. The only error argued on appeal is in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial. It is first urged that the case fall within the rule announced in Whitman v. State, ex rel. (1870), 34 Ind. 360, that where the prosecuting witness has had sexual intercourse with many men, near the time when the child was begotten, and there are no peculiar circumstances to show which connection produced pregnancy, the paternity of the child is too much in doubt to fix it upon any one of the men. However, in this case, although several…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Manion v. Lake Erie & Western Railway Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1907
- Hood v. TynerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1891
- Whitman v. State ex rel. HemmingerIndiana Supreme Court · 1870
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