Sheffield v. Beckwith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for alienating the affections of the plaintiff’s wife, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Bennett, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $1,750, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
The complaint is in two counts, one charging seduction and criminal conversation, and the other alienation of affections. The jury found for the defendant on the first count and for the plaintiff on the second count, assessing the damages at $1,750.
In the course of the trial the plaintiff’s wife, while testifying in behalf of the defendant in reference to her relations with her husband before the alleged alienation, was asked: “Now, subsequent to this time [December, 1909], were reports coming to you of his relations with still other women?” The question was at first excluded, but after some…
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