Gross' Admr. v. Ledford

Opinion op ti-ib Court by

Chief Justice Hurt

Affirming.

This was an action by Chas. C. Gross against the appellee, James Ledford, to recover damages for the alleged alienation of the affections of the wife of Gross, and the consequent desertion of him, whereby he lost the benefits of her affections, society and assistance as a wife, or in other words, was wrongfully deprived by the malicious acts of appellee of his conjugal rights, which are denominated in the phrase of the ancient common law as consortium. There was no averment in the petition of any criminal conversation with the wife, and…