Involving statutory interpretation, the issue is whether a county prosecuting attorney is entitled to receive a separate fee for trying a suit by the County Welfare Department to determine paternity of a child and to require support payments by his father, where the fee is collectible only from the father of the illegitimate child.
This action was brought by the Hinds County Welfare Department...
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