Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided December 8, 1869PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Case 5 — BASTARDY— CITED 4 Dana, 518, Sally Hill, relator v. George Turner. Revised Statutes, Myers’s Supplement, p. 62.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion op the court.
According to the principles adjudged in the Commonwealth v. Turner, 4 Dana, 511, and which we reaffirm as sound and applicable to this case, the county court erred in dismissing the proceeding in bastardy.
The only difference between this case and that is, that in that the dismission on the mother’s compromise was against her protest in court, and in this she moved it herself. But the controlling principle is the same in each case, and applies equally to both.
After the proceeding had been initiated, and the court had acquired jurisdiction over…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1836
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Meyer v. MeyerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
- Crabtree v. Commonwealth, by Emily ChismCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
- Alderson v. Alderson's GuardianCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902
- Preece v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. MaynardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935