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DONLEY v. STATE

No. 5-846.

287 S.W.2d 886 (1956)

L. C. DONLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, ex rel. Mildred LEWIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 12, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin, Dodds & Kidd, Little Rock, for appellant.

J. Frank Holt and Jack Holt, Jr., Little Rock, for appellee.

McFADDIN, Justice.

The question for our decision is when the time for appeal begins to run in a case like this one. The appellant, L. C Donley, was charged with being the father of an illegitimate child. The proceedings were under § 34-701 et seq, Ark.Stats. There was a hearing in the Pulaski County Court on January 7, 1955; and, at the conclusion of the hearing, the Court announced that the petition would be granted. But this statement was entirely oral: the...

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