Lanham v. Meadows
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Braxton County. Action by Charles Lanham against Eva I. Meadows. Judgment for defenlant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, PRESIDENT:
In this case, the jury denied by its verdict right in the plaintiff to recover any portion of the demands stated in his declara*611tion and bill of particulars, amounting to nearly five thousand dollars, consisting of three promissory notes and numerous sums of money alleged to have been paid out by him for her at her request.
Under the general issue raised by her plea of non assumpsit, the defendant adduced evidence tending to prove a long period of illicit sexual intercourse between her and the plaintiff, induced on her part by the advancement and payment of the money…
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