ARSENAULT v. CARRIER


390 A.2d 1048 (1978)

Donna M. ARSENAULT v. Leo CARRIER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

August 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eaton, Glass, Marsano & Hammond by Francis C. Marsano, Belfast (orally), for plaintiff.

Childs, McKinley & Emerson by Roderick R. Rovzar (orally), Dana W. Childs, Portland, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD and DELAHANTY, JJ.


DELAHANTY, Justice.

In August of 1960, the plaintiff, Donna Arsenault, while pregnant, brought a "bastardy" complaint under the then applicable "bastardy" statutes, 19 M.R.S.A. §§ 251-262, and charged the defendant, Leo Carrier, with being the father of her child, Tony Arsenault. The parties settled that action, and the plaintiff signed an instrument indicating receipt from the defendant of $750.00 "in full settlement Carrier case." Thereafter, the following...

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