McFADDEN v. GRIFFITH

No. 82-248.

647 S.W.2d 432 (1983)

278 Ark. 460

Eli McFADDEN, Appellant, v. Mary GRIFFITH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaplan, Hollingsworth & Brewer, P.A. by Philip E. Kaplan and Karen L. Arndt, Little Rock, for appellant.

Haskins & Wilson by Robert B. Buckalew, Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

On December 30, 1964, the appellee, Mary Griffith, had a son, Tony Jerome McFadden, born out of wedlock. In this bastardy proceeding, filed in 1980, the trial court found that the appellant, Eli McFadden, is the father of the child. The judgment also awarded child support for the preceding three years. For reversal it is primarily argued that the judgment is clearly against the preponderance of the evidence. A subordinate theory, that any...

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