State Ex Rel. Dickerson v. Tokstad

This is a filiation proceeding brought under sections 16-901 to 16-914, Oregon Code 1930. The proceeding was instituted on the relation of Fay Dickerson, an unmarried woman and the mother of an illegitimate child born July 15, 1930. The defendant was charged with being the father of the child, which he denied. The cause was submitted to a jury and a verdict returned, finding defendant guilty as charged, and, from the resultant judgment, defendant has appealed.

Defendant assigns errer in the refusal of the court to grant his motion for a nonsuit. He bases this assignment solely upon the,…