McDOWELL et al. v. CUNNINGHAM et al

Messrs. Mayes Featherstone, for appellants, cite: In cases of conflicting presumptions, that in favor of legitimacy will prevail: 7 C.J., 940; Id., 945; 118 S.C. 420; 3 R. C.L., 725. Recognition by father: 36 S.C. 545; 93 S.C. 435, 440. Moral marriage: 33 S.C. 79. Messrs. W.H. Nicholson and R.F. Davis, for respondents, cite: Recognition by a putative father will not legitimatize unless child is the product of a moral marriage: 61 S.C. 411. Presumption of lower Court in case at bar merely one of the evidentiary facts that influenced the finding of fact: 101 S.C. 40; 118 S.C. 420. Where the evidence supports the findings of fact, the view of the trial Court as to burden of proof is immaterial: 122 S.C. 461. Incumbent an appellant to show that circuit decree is against the weight of evidence: 12 S.C. 346; 124 S.C. 506; 125 S.C. 68; 127 S.C. 141; 116 S.C. 97; 92 S.C. 113. Purpose of Slave Marriage Act: 33 S.C. 81. Applied only to children of a moral marriage: 77 S.C. 232; 93 S.C. 444; 3 R.C.L., 724; 89 S.C. 490.