Bradshaw v. Jones
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM JEFFERSON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Jefferson. County. W. R. Hicks, J. Shields & Motjntcastle and S. Gf. Heiskell for Bradshaw. Templeton & Oaelook and I. L. Mooee for Jones.
1Opinion of the CourtWilkes, J.
The plaintiff, Jones, who is a minor, by her father as next friend, sned the defendant, Bradshaw, for $10,000 damages for seduction. There was a trial before the Court and a jury and a verdict for $5,000. A remitter of $2,750 was entered, and judgment was rendered for $2,250 and costs, and defendant has appealed and assigned errors. It is said there is no evidence to support the verdict.
The main contention is that upon the testimony of the plaintiff herself it is not a case of seduction, but simply a case of illicit intercourse, indulged in voluntarily by both parties, and without such…
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