State v. Stevens

Matson, Judge.

Appeal in a paternity proceeding from an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial.

This case involves a suit to establish the paternity of a child born out of wedlock to complainant on June 10, 1955. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Defendant is a 35-year-old married man with a family. Complainant is single and 22 years of age. Both parties live in Duluth, and defendant has known complainant since she was a- young girl.

In either the fall of 1919 or the summer of 1950, complainant, who was then about 17…