Holmes v. Clegg

Lovins, Judge:

The Circuit Court of Tyler County having sustained a demurrer to defendant’s second amended special plea, hereinafter called “plea”, on joint application of the parties certified its ruling to this Court.

Sarah Holmes, the plaintiff herein, on October 4, 1938, made a sworn written complaint before a justice of the peace of Tyler County, West Virginia, that she was an unmarried woman, residing in that county; that on October 6, 1937, she was delivered of a male bastard child; and that the defendant, Carl Raymond Clegg, was the father of said child. On the same day, the justice…