Humphrey v. Brown

(orally). This is an action to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage. The amended complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendant represented to plaintiff that he was “very rich, and worth over $1,000,000.” It is further alleged in the complaint “that the representations and statements of said defendant concerning his being very rich are, as plaintiff believes, not wholly false, and that defendant is and was at all the times herein mentioned * * * possessed in his own right of property of the value of about $250,000.” The defendant moves to strike out the averments…