Wilhoit v. Hancock

delivered tub opinion op the court:

This was an action by the father, the appellee, for the loss of service consequent upon the seduction, debauching, and impregnation of his daughter, who still lived as a member in his family, under his control, and without any specified compensation for service, though she labored, and was over twenty-one years of age.

The suit was brought within one year from, the birth of the child, but not from the act of seduction. The jury, on issue and evidence, found for plaintiff five thousand dollars in damages; and the court refusing to disturb it, and having…