Taylor v. Schlichter

This is an action for the recovery of damages resulting from a breach of promise to marry. The parties to the action are residents of Portsmouth. At the time the engagement to marry was entered into, Loraine Schlichter was teaching in the public schools of Washington, X). C. John F. Taylor was a successful business man, engaged in the garage business, and owning and operating a Ford automobile sales agency in Portsmouth. He was the owner of a considerable amount of property, both real and personal, and paid income tax for the year 1925 on $40,000. On October 22, 1925, Miss Schlichter filed…