Libber Ex Rel. Banks v. Heil

The appeal in this case was allowed to the St. Louis Court of Appeals. Upon the hearing, that court held that the question of the validity of a statute was in the case for determination; that appellate jurisdiction was in this court, and thereupon transferred the cause to this court.

The suit is one brought under the provisions of Sections 311 and 311a of the act approved March 31, 1921, Laws of 1921, pages 117 and 118. The plaintiff, a minor, and mother of a child born out of wedlock, sues by next friend. The petition closely follows the statute. It is asked that the paternity of the child in…