Ham v. West

Citations

• 117 Miss. 340
• 78 So. 291

Syllabus

<p>1.. Bastardy. Proceedings. Jurisdiction. Talcing down evidence.</p> <p>The jurisdiction of a justice of the peace in bastardy proceeding is obtained by following the procedure prescribed for bringing. the parties into court, and the mere failure of the justice to take down the evidence at the trial in writing as required under Code 1906, section 268 (Hemingway’s Code, section 217), did not deprive him of jurisdiction since this provision of the statute only relates to trials.</p> <p>'2. Bastardy. Proceedings. Evidence. Admissibility.</p> <p>In bastardy proceedings, the statement of plaintiff while in travail to her attending physicians, that defendant was the father of the child, was admissible in evidence.</p> <p>3. Bastardy. Proceedings. Verdict. Form.</p> <p>Under Code 1906, section 277 (Hemingway’s Code, section 226), prescribing the form of verdict in bastardy proceedings a verdict of “we the jury, find for the plaintiff in the sum of five dollars per month for a term of ten years, to be paid in monthly instal-ments,” was legal.</p>