Beaudette v. Gagne
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. This was an action brought to recover damages for the seduction of the plaintiff’s daughter. Plea, general issue. The jury returned a verdict of one thousand dollars for the plaintiff. The defendant took exceptions to the admission of testimony, and the refusal of the presiding justice to give requested instructions, as appears in the opinion.
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On exceptions. This was an action brought to recover damages for the seduction of the plaintiff’s daughter. Plea, general issue. The jury returned a verdict of one thousand dollars for the plaintiff. The defendant took exceptions to the admission of testimony, and the refusal of the presiding justice to give requested instructions, as appears in the opinion. Distinct facts made by parties in negotiations for a compromise are admissible : Gole v. Gole, 33 Maine, 542 ; Sanborn v. Neil-son, 4 N. H. 501; Hamblett v. Hamblett, 6 N. H. 333 ; Eastman v. Amoslceag Go. 44N. H. 143 ; Harrington v.…
1Opinion of the CourtWiswell, J.
Action on the case by a father for the seduction of his adult daughter. The defendant alleges exceptions for the following causes:
I. Because evidence was admitted tending to show that, on about the first of April, 1892, the defendant accompanied the daughter to Portland when and where an abortion was performed upon her, and that upon her return home she at once became sick and so continued for some three weeks. The admission of this evidence was perfectly proper. It was material and tended' to prove the gist of the action, loss of the service of the daughter by reason of her sickness…
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