Groulx v. Groulx

In legal proceedings involving the legitimacy of a child, modern developments in medicine and science enable qualified experts conducting accurate blood grouping tests to disprove paternity in appropriate cases. Since the first reported American case on a blood grouping test in 1931 (Commonwealth v. Zammarelli, 17 Pa. D. & C. 229), there has been steady and increasing judicial recognition of the accuracy and reliability of such tests. Jordan v. Mace, 144 Me. 351; Anno. 163 A. L. R. 939. Some of the earlier authorities are collected and analyzed in I Wig., Ev. (3rd ed. 1940) ss. 165a, 165b;…