Case Name: STATE, ex rel. BROOKS, Appellee, v. SMITH, Appellant
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1948-01-14
Citations: 51 Ohio Law Abs. 470
Docket Number: No. 4123
Parties: STATE, ex rel. BROOKS, Appellee, v SMITH, Appellant.
Judges: WISEMAN, PJ, MILLER and HORNBECK, JJ, concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 51
Pages: 470–471

Head Matter:
STATE, ex rel. BROOKS, Appellee, v SMITH, Appellant.
Ohio Appeals, Second District, Franklin County,
No. 4123.
Decided January 14, 1948.
William H. Brooks, Columbus, for appellee.
L. F. Henderson, Columbus, for appellant.

Opinion:
OPINION
By THE COURT.
Submitted on motion by the defendant for leave to appeal from a judgment rendered on November 8, 1947, finding the defendant to be the father of an illegitimate child. To' this motion the plaintiff has filed a motion for dismissal for failure to comply with §12223-7 GC in that a notice of appeal was not filed within twenty days after the journalizing of the order overruling the motion for a new trial. The defendant is relying upon §13459-4 GC which defines the procedure to be followed in criminal cases. However, bastardy proceedings are only "quasi-criminal", and Ohio courts are inclined to place them in a civil category. 5 O'. Jur. 543. In State, ex rel. Pennington v Barger, 74 Oh Ap 58, it was specifically held that while bastardy proceedings have some of the characteristics of a criminal proceeding, it is essentially a civil action governed in trial and appeal by the law applicable thereto.
The motion to dismiss is sustained.
WISEMAN, PJ, MILLER and HORNBECK, JJ, concur.