Luther v. Shaw

In this action for breach of promise of marriage the jury assessed in favor of the plaintiff compensatory damages at $3,000 and punitory damages $500. The circuit court reduced the compensatory damages to $1,500.

Error is assigned in the admission of evidence, in the instructions to the jury, and in denying a motion for a new trial. The defendant was examined as an adverse witness, and, after stating that his father’s business was a “steel foundry” called “the Milwaukee Steel Eoundry Company,” was asked: “Does he hold any position there ?” Objection to this question as irrelevant and…