HARRISON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1299.

95 A.2d 332 (1953)

HARRISON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Belford V. Lawson, Jr., and Foster Wood, Washington, D. C., with whom Marjorie McKenzie and Robert I. Miller, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Edward A. Beard, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and C. Belden White, II, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was charged in the Juvenile Court with being the father of an illegitimate child.1 A jury found against him and after denial of a new trial judgment was entered on September 17, 1952, and the case continued to September 25 for entry of an order of support. On that date an order was made requiring appellant to pay $520 annually for support of the child.

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