Harper v. Harper
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg; Alston G. Dayton, Judge. Action by Charles H. Harper against Joseph William Harper. To review judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The first count of the declaration of Charles W. Harper against his brother; Joseph W. Harper, alleges criminal conversation with plaintiff’s wife, Mary E. Harper, on November 8, 1915, and on other days unknown, resulting in alienation of her affections and depriving plaintiff o f the benefits of the marriage relation. The second count alleges alienation of the wife’s affections by persuasion and malicious statements concerning the plaintiff, and criminal conversation from July, 1907, to November, 1915, as aggravation of the wrong. The action was commenced on July 18,…
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