Fitzgerald v. Connors
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for the'seduction of plaintiff’s daughter. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1914, Eutland County, Miles, J., presiding. At the close of the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict on the grounds stated in the opinion. Motion overruled, to which defendant excepted. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the ease.
1Opinion of the CourtITaselton, J.
This is an action on the ease for the seduction of the plaintiff’s daughter who was under the age of eighteen at the time of the 'seduction. Trial by jury was had, and verdict was rendered for the plaintiff for twelve hundred dollars, which was remitted by the .plaintiff to eight hundred dollars, and thereupon judgment was entered on the verdict for the smaller sum. The defendant excepted.
At the close of all the evidence the defendant moved for the direction of a verdict in his favor on the ground that the daughter was emancipated in fact at the time of the seduction. But the evidence does…
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