Hogan v. Cregan
The Superior Court of New York City
This action was brought to recover for the loss of the service of the adult daughter of the plaintiff occasioned by her seduction and debauchment by the defendant. A verdict was found for the defendant. A motion for a new trial was made at special term, which was denied, and judgment was thereupon entered in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appealed from the judgment and from the order denying a new trial.
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This action was brought to recover for the loss of the service of the adult daughter of the plaintiff occasioned by her seduction and debauchment by the defendant. A verdict was found for the defendant. A motion for a new trial was made at special term, which was denied, and judgment was thereupon entered in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appealed from the judgment and from the order denying a new trial. The points presented on the appeal sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Jones, J.
The daughter of the plaintiff in this case, on her cross-examination, had been interrogated • as to being in a supper room with one Campbell and as to acts of intimacy between her and said Campbell and one Dougherty. Afterwards the defendant called, on his behalf, *150Campbell and Dougherty and interrogated them as-to those matters concerning which the daughter had been questioned. This was excepted to. The objections now urged, to its admissibility, are, 1st. That the evidence was immaterial. 2d. That the defendant having interrogated the daughter on the subject was…
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- Newton v. . HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
- Bartley v. . RichtmyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
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