Mullen v. Devenney
Supreme Court of Minnesota
After the former appeal reported in 136 Minn. 343, 162 N. W. 448, the case was tried before Converse, judge of the First judicial district, who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action and at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict for $23,500. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
This is an action for damages for the alienation by defendant of the affections of plaintiff’s wife. It made its first appearance here in 1917 on an appeal from %n order striking out a portion of the answer. Mullen v. Devenney, 136 Minn. 343, 162 N. W. 448. Plaintiff’s wife had theretofore obtained a divorce from him and that ease has also been here. Mullen v. Mullen, 135 Minn. 179, 160 N. W. 494. There were three trials of the present action in the court below. The first resulted in a verdict for plaintiff for $40,000, which was set aside as excessive. At the second, the jury…
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