Galloway

Appellant brought this action alleging that respondent was the father of her infant child, Mary Ann Galloway, and that Mary Ann was in need of support and maintenance. She prayed that respondent be ordered to pay a reasonable sum per month for the support of Mary Ann. The trial court sitting without a jury found that respondent was not Mary Ann’s father nor was he required to support her. Appellant has appealed from the judgment.

It appears from the record that appellant has been married three times and has four children born in wedlock and also the child in this case which she claims was fathered by the respondent. Appellant testified that she met respondent on the last day of September, 1955, while she was still married to Richard Galloway. It is her testimony that she began having intimate relations with respondent on the first of October, 1955, and that from that date until February, 1956, she saw him continually and he slept at her house every night with the exception of one week in January, 1956. On February 15, 1956, appellant decided to leave Stockton and drive to the State of Washington where her husband was stationed to establish her residence for the purpose of…