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· 10/15/1868

United States v. American Gold Coin

Citations

  • 24 F. Cas. 780

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  • holding that the presumption of legitimacy shifts the burden of persuasion to the putative father to establish that he did not father the child
  • adopting common law presumption that a child conceived during the marriage is a child of the marriage

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Judges: Miller

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