The Law Reports (Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division)
[1950] P 218
[PROBATE DIVORCE & ADMIRALTY DIVISION]
MACDARMAID
v.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
1950 Jan. 30;
Feb. 10.
Feb. 10.
Hodson J.
Legitimacy
— Onus of proof
— Petitioner born before marriage of parents
— Previous marriage of petitioner's father
— Disappearance of first wife
— No evidence of first wife's death before date of petitioner's birth
— Burden of proof
—
Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 60), s. 1, sub-ss. 1, 2.