Legal Opinion

Hobson v. Fullerton

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 2, 1879PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Error to the Circuit Court of Greene county ; the Hon. Albert G. Burr, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.

This was an action on the case brought by defendant in error against plaintiff in error for the seduction of her daughter. The declaration sets out no special reasons why the suit was brought in the name of defendant in error, except that Anna Fullerton, whom plaintiff in error is alleged to have seduced, was her daughter and servant, and that in consequence of the wrongful acts of plaintiff in error she was deprived of her daughter’s service. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff below, for the sum of $2,950. A motion for a new trial was entered and overruled, and judgment rendered upon…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ball v. BruceIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
  2. Doyle v. JessupIllinois Supreme Court · 1862

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. John Doe, Cross-Appellants v. United States of America, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993

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