Fisher v. State ex rel. Wildermuth

In this case, Loretta "Wildermuth filed, before a justice of the peace of Pulaski county, her verified complaint, wherein she alleged that she was pregnant with a bastard child, of which the appellant, Martin Fisher, was the father.

Upon a hearing before the justice, it was adjudged that the appellant was the father of the relatrix’s bastard child.

In the court below, the appellant’s motion to dismiss the cause, for the want of a “ proper affidavit,” was overruled,

The appellant then answered in two paragraphs :

1. A general denial; and,

2. An affirmative answer, which we will hereafter notice.

The…