Legal Opinion
Dicks v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 1950No. 898PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellant was charged in the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia with being the father of an illegitimate child. 1 After trial by jury he was found guilty and ordered to make annual payments, in semimonthly installments, for the support of the child until it reaches fourteen years of age.
Appellant attacks the jurisdiction of the trial court. His contention is based on the fact that, while both appellant and the mother are residents of the District of Columbia and the child was born in the District of Columbia, the mother’s testimony indicated that the acts of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Commonwealth v. DornesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- State ex rel. Patterson v. PickeringSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1912
- Goodfellow v. FarnhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Commonwealth v. BertramSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Peters v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
- Harrison v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1953
- District of Columbia v. TurnerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- DUNN, HINDS COUNTY WELFARE AGENT v. GrishamMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
- Perry v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
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