Bailey v. Huling

This civil action for alienation of affections 1 and for criminal conversation was brought by the plaintiff, Alice V. Bailey, against one of her husband’s employees, Helen Huling. After a trial in the Superior Court, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff on both counts in the amount of $76,000. Thereafter the trial justice denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial. The case is now before us on the defendant’s appeal.

The plaintiff and Ernest E. Bailey were married on May 31, 1935 and have four children. She testified that, generally, up until 1946 they maintained a good marital…