Campbell v. Crampton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
Motion by defendant on a case and exceptions for a new trial. The action was brought by Nancy Y. Campbell against Osborn L. Crampton, for breach of promise of marriage. The domicil of the plaintiff was in the State of New York. The marriage engagement was made in Alabama in October, 1873, and continued thereafter until September, 3878, when the defendant married another woman.
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Motion by defendant on a case and exceptions for a new trial. The action was brought by Nancy Y. Campbell against Osborn L. Crampton, for breach of promise of marriage. The domicil of the plaintiff was in the State of New York. The marriage engagement was made in Alabama in October, 1873, and continued thereafter until September, 3878, when the defendant married another woman. The action was commenced in the supreme c-ourt of New York, and was removed to this court by the defendant. The further facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
The plaintiff having recovered a verdict for $10,000 for breach of contract of marriage, the defendant now moves for a new trial, alleging error in the rulings upon the trial.
The plaintiff is a half sister of the defendant’s mother. She was temporarily residing at Mobile, Alabama, which was the domicil of the defendant, when the marriage engagement took place. Subsequently plaintiff returned to the State of New York. The evidence authorized the jury to find that at the time of the engagement to marry, the parties did not contemplate an early marriage; that it was not until after the plaintiff…
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