Burch v. Goodson

The opinion of the court, was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff sued for damages for the alienation of her husband’s affections. The testimony showed that Lenora and Norris T. Burch were married in 1899, at Kirksville, Mo., and about four months thereafter went to Scott City, Kan., where they remained on a farm with a brother of Burch until about April, 1901, when they moved to Sterling^ Kan. Here four ^children were born, and at the time of the trial were aged eight, six and four years and twenty months, respectively. The defendant, Mrs. Goodson, a widow, somewhat older than Burch, lived ,…