Johnson v. Noble
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Case against the defendant, for debauching one L. M. Johnson, the daughter and servant of the plaintiff, per quod servitium amisit, &c. The action was commenced May 1, 1839, and made returnable at the then next September term of the court of common pleas in this county, at which term, by an agreement of the parties, it was referred under a rule of court to the decision of certain persons as referees.
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Case against the defendant, for debauching one L. M. Johnson, the daughter and servant of the plaintiff, per quod servitium amisit, &c. The action was commenced May 1, 1839, and made returnable at the then next September term of the court of common pleas in this county, at which term, by an agreement of the parties, it was referred under a rule of court to the decision of certain persons as referees. At the hearing before the referees, the deposition of said L. M. Johnson was read in evidence, in which she testified to the fact of promises of the defendant to marry her, made both before and…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
The objections made by the defendant, and specifically stated in the case, are not sustained by the decisions of the English courts, and of the courts of this country, and cannot therefore prevail against the report.
They resolve themselves substantially into this — that the referees have not acted in conformity with their authority, inasmuch as, according to the view of the defendant, they were bound to decide the cause upon legal and competent evidence, and according to the strict rules of law ; whereas, as it is alleged, they have not so decided, but have decided the matter submitted, upon…
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