Bertschinger v. Campbell
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered March 31, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for damages for extortion.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
This is an action brought by the respondent to recover the sum of $1,000, alleged to have been extorted from him by the appellant under a threat of prosecution for an alleged criminal operation on a pregnant *479woman. The appellant, in defense, denied the extortion, and alleged affirmatively that an uncompleted operation for an abortion had been performed upon the woman by the respondent, and that the money was paid him as a physician and surgeon for completing the operation and for caring for the woman until she recovered, the operation being necessary to save the woman’s life.
The woman…
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