McIntosh v. Benjamin

This is a suit on an alleged oral contract. Plaintiff is the mother, suing in her own right and as next friend, of an infant child conceived and born during the period of the mother’s marriage. Defendant, alleged in the complaint to be the child’s father, is a man not then or now the mother’s husband. Under the alleged contract the defendant was to pay for the partial support of the child. A money judgment was entered for the plaintiff on the first count of the complaint.

This case1 has many facets and poses many problems. The court is divided upon those problems, and none of the varying views…