Stevens v. Connors

Irene Connors, hereinafter called plaintiff, brought suit against Robert B. Stevens, hereinafter called defendant, for damages for the breach of an alleged promise of marriage, and set up in aggravation of the damages her seduction by defendant under said promise. Defendant answered with a general denial of both the promise to marry and the seduction. The case was tried before a jury, which on the twenty-first day of March, 1925, rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $2,500. On the thirtieth day of March, defendant filed a motion for new trial.

While the motion presented many…