Bledsoe v. Seaman
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee district court; Alston W. DANA, judge. STATEMENT. This action was commenced in the district court of Shawnee county by Laura J. Bledsoe to recover damages suffered on account of the alienation of the affection of her husband, A. Scott Bledsoe, by the defendant, Etta L. Seaman. The defendant moved for judgment in her favor on the pleadings, which motion was allowed and judgment entered accordingly. The plaintiff seeks to reverse that judgment.
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Error from Shawnee district court; Alston W. DANA, judge. STATEMENT. This action was commenced in the district court of Shawnee county by Laura J. Bledsoe to recover damages suffered on account of the alienation of the affection of her husband, A. Scott Bledsoe, by the defendant, Etta L. Seaman. The defendant moved for judgment in her favor on the pleadings, which motion was allowed and judgment entered accordingly. The plaintiff seeks to reverse that judgment. It will be unnecessary to a clear understanding of the points decided to set out the pleadings in full. The material facts of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Graves, J.:
The principal part of the argument presented in this case is confined to a discussion concerning the jurisdiction of the circuit court in South Dakota, where the plaintiff obtained a divorce from her husband. This subject is fully discussed and many authorities are cited by each party. In the view we-have taken, however, this question is not controlling.
The complaint made by the plaintiff is that the district court erroneously entered judgment in favor of' the defendant upon the pleadings. This question must be determined from the facts…
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