Dunbier v. Mengedoht

Hastings, District Judge.

This action was commenced in the district court for Douglas county, by Augustus W. Dunbier, as plaintiff against Carl Mengedoht, William Mengedoht, Bertha Mengedoht, Max Rapp, and Elsie Rapp, as defendants, to recover damages for the alleged intentional and malicious alienation of the affections of his wife, Augusta A. Dun-bier. The defendants, appellants, are the two brothers, stepmother, brother-in-law, and sister of the wife of plaintiff, appellee. Trial was had to a jury and a verdict returned against all of the defendants, assessing plaintiff’s damages at $5,000.…