Dewey v. Funk

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Owsley, J.:

This is a paternity action brought in the name of a child by her mother and next friend against the alleged father to obtain support. The case was tried before a jury which found the defendant to be the father of the plaintiff.

The principal issue on appeal is the ruling of the trial court in refusing to admit testimony as to the chastity of the mother after she had testified she was a virgin at the time of the incident resulting in the conception of the child.

Nancy Dewey, age eighteen, gave birth to a child, Tamara Sue Dewey, out of wedlock…