Noxon v. Remington
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for alienating the affections of the plaintiff’s husband, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before. Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict for the plaintiff for $8,750, of which $2,050 was subsequently remitted, by order of the court, and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $1,700, from which the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The plaintiff, who is seventy-five years of age, was married in 1851 to her husband, John O. Noxon, who is seventy-four years of age. She alleges in her complaint that in 1901 the defendant, who is sixty-four years of age, by her blandishments and seductions alienated the affections of her husband, and that she has since committed adultery with him ; and demands $10,000 damages.
The law regards the right of a wife to the conjugal society and affection of her husband as a valuable property, for an injury to which she may maintain an action for damages in her own name. Foot v. Card, 58 Conn. 1.
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