Beans v. Denny

Ladd, C. J. —

The plaintiff, who was born in 1861, began work as housekeeper for defendant, sixteen years her senior, in 1900. His wife, who was then an invalid, died in 1901. There were three .children, one away at school, and the others, aged sixteen and fourteen, at home. Plaintiff continued in his employment as housekeeper, with some intermissions, until June, 1906, and in September following this action for damages because of- his alleged breach of promise to marry her was begun. Such promise is said to have been made in June, 1903, to be consummated after his’ daughter had finished…