Hillers v. Taylor
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Merrick, J.), where there was a judgment on verdict for plaintiff for $10,000. Plaintiff’s jrd Prayer. — The jury are instructed that in determining the amount of the damages, if they should find for the plaintiff, they should take into consideration the social position of the parties, the pecuniary situation of the defendant, and award the plaintiff such an amount as will reasonably and fairly compensate her for the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Merrick, J.), where there was a judgment on verdict for plaintiff for $10,000. Plaintiff’s jrd Prayer. — The jury are instructed that in determining the amount of the damages, if they should find for the plaintiff, they should take into consideration the social position of the parties, the pecuniary situation of the defendant, and award the plaintiff such an amount as will reasonably and fairly compensate her for the loss of the affection, society of the husband of the plaintiff, together with the mental anguish and disgrace which she…
1Opinion of the CourtSchmucker, J.
This appeal is from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County against the appellant for damages for alienating the affections of the appellee’s husband and pursuading him to abandon her. There are three bills of exceptions in the record of which two are to rulings on the admissibility of evidence and the third is to the Court’s action on the prayers.
The declaration contains two counts, the first charging the defendant with criminal conversation with the appellee’s husband resulting in the alienation of his affections, and the second charging her with having caused the…
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