Lowe v. Massey

This was an action of trespass for criminal conversation.

On the trial of the cause the following instructions were given on behalf of the plaintiff, to-wit:

The Court instructs the jury that in this case the law is, that even if the jury believe, from the evidence, that the wife of the plaintiff was ever so profligate, yet' that would be no bar to his recovery in this case, unless the jury further believe, from the evidence, that she was permitted to live as a prostitute, with the knowledge and consent of her husband.

If the jury shall, from the evidence in the case, find that the defendant is…