Salchert v. Reinig
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eond du Lac county: Giiesteb A. Eowlee, Circuit Judge. Action for breach, of promise to marry, alleged to have been made about the 1st of August, 1902, aggravated by seduction accomplished in reliance upon said promise, and followed by nearly three years of frequent illicit connection between the parties.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eond du Lac county: Giiesteb A. Eowlee, Circuit Judge. Action for breach, of promise to marry, alleged to have been made about the 1st of August, 1902, aggravated by seduction accomplished in reliance upon said promise, and followed by nearly three years of frequent illicit connection between the parties. The defendant denied any promise of marriage, but admitted the establishment and continuance of such illicit relations upon the basis of a cash payment on each occasion thereof. The answer pleaded was a simple general denial. The jury, by…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed February 18, 1908:
Dodge, J.
Appellant’s most urgent contention is that the trial court erred in refusing to direct verdict for defendant, or to insert answers in the special verdict negativing the promise of marriage, and that he also erred in not setting aside the verdict as opposed by great weight and preponderance of evidence. The action of a trial court in the second respect is an exercise of discretion with which the appellate court will not interfere. Although convinced that some credible evidence supports the verdict, if the trial judge is persuaded that…
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