Powell v. . Benthall

The plaintiff sued the defendants jointly upon two causes of action: 1st. That they wrongfully and maliciously alienated the affections of his wife and enticed her away from him.2d. That they harbored his wife after being forbidden to do so. The jury returned a verdict against the plaintiff on the first cause of action. On the second cause of action they found for the plaintiff and awarded him $1,500 damages. The defendants denying the material allegations of the complaint, say that the plaintiff's wife left home with his consent to seek work. That she refused to return to him. That their…