Alley v. State ex rel. Blenzinger

Mary T. Bleuzinger, the relatrix in this action, filed an affidavit before a justice of the peace, stating that she had been delivered of a bastard child, and charging that the appellant, Lyman S. Alley, was the father of said child. Upon a hearing the justice adjudged the appellant to be the father of the child, and recognized him to appear in the circuit court and further answer the complaint of the relatrix. In the circuit court the cause was tried by the court. There was a finding that the appellant was the father of the relatrix’s child, and, over a motion for a new trial, it was…