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DAVIS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1452.

102 A.2d 842 (1954)

DAVIS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 25, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Gibbs, Washington, D. C., with whom George A. Hospidor, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Hubert B. Pair, Jr., Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Harry L. Walker, Asst. Corporation 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 found to be the father of an illegitimate child and was ordered to make specified payments for the support of the child. He has appealed and in his brief has presented two grounds for reversal.

His first and main argument is that the court lacked jurisdiction of the case. This argument is based on the following facts. Appellant is in the United States Navy and at the time the child was begotten he was stationed at a naval...

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