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Finnegan v. Dugan
96 Mass. 197
| Mass. | 1867
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By the Court.

The fact of a resemblance between the child and the putative father was proper for the consideration of the jury. It is a well known physiological fact that peculiarities of feature and personal traits are often transmitted from parent to child. Taken by itself, proof of such resemblance would be insufficient to establish the paternity; but it would be clearly a circumstance to be considered, in connection with other facts tending to prove the issue on which the jury are to pass.*

Exceptions overruled.

See Gilmanlown v. Ham, 38 N. H. 108.

Case Details

Case Name: Finnegan v. Dugan
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Jan 15, 1867
Citation: 96 Mass. 197
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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