Lopez v. Maes

HUDSPETH, Justice.

In a bastardy proceeding in the district court of Quay county under Laws 1923, c. 32 (1929 Comp. Stat. § 22-201 et seq.), a jury found that appellant was the father of appellee’s illegitimate child. On the verdict the appellant was adjudged to pay to appellee; for the support of the child, $10 per month until the further order of the court. Some eighteen months later the appellant, after a hearing, was committed to jail for contempt of court, “until the further order of the court,” for his admitted failure to comply with the judgment. Erom the commitment for contempt he…