Crouch v. Quigley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Douglas Circuit Court — Hon. John T. Moore, Judge. (1) The court committed manifest error in giving the peremptory instruction directing a verdict for the defendant. The contract of marriage and the breach thereof are both admitted, so that there is no question of liability.
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Appeal from Douglas Circuit Court — Hon. John T. Moore, Judge. (1) The court committed manifest error in giving the peremptory instruction directing a verdict for the defendant. The contract of marriage and the breach thereof are both admitted, so that there is no question of liability. In addition to other damages, the plaintiff .testifies that she was put to $250 expense in' preparing for her marriage, besides giving up two years’ employment at .$300 per year at defendant’s request. This evidence is uneontradieted. We are entitled to have the cause submitted to the jury on the theory of the…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, C. —
This is a suit for twenty-four thousand dollars, damages for breach of promise of marriage. The petition states the promise made in February, 1906, preparation for the wedding to be held October 23, 1907, to which the friends and relatives were invited, and .that the defendant failed to attend. That the day was again set for May, 1908, with the same result, and that thereafter, during the last-mentioned year, the defendant married another woman.
The answer, after a general denial in the usual form proceeds, as follows: “Defendant further answering plaintiff’s petition, states that…
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