State v. Overseer of Poor
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Camden county, removing an order of filiation made on an appeal under the bastardy act, the order of the two justices, &c.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Magie, J.
The counsel for prosecutor, in his brief, presses for reversal upon two only of the reasons filed. The first of these reasons relates to the refusal of the Sessions to grant a motion for a stay of the proceedings until the costs of two former actions for the same cause had been paid. The second relates to the alleged existence of a former order of filiation determining prosecutor to be the father of the child in question and requiring him to contribute to its support.
That courts have a right to stay proceedings, in an action of a civil nature,…
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