Gimbel v. Smidth

This was an action for seduction by Awn Sviidth, the mother, against the administrator of Solomon Gimbel, deceased. The suit was commenced March 18, 1854. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for 250 dollars. The administrator appeals.

The declaration alleges that on the 1st of October, 1849, while the plaintiff was a widow, and being still a widow, &c., said Solomon, under a promise of marriage, seduced her daughter Elizabeth, then under twenty-one years of age; and that, at, &c., Elizabeth owed service and labor to, and was actually in the service of her mother; alleging…