Wilson v. Smelser

This is an action for a breach of marriage contract, in which the appellee recovered a judgment for $1,800. At the trial the appellee’s counsel, while she was on the stand testifying in her own behalf, asked her the following question : “ During the time you were engaged to him, what statements, if any, did you make to your relatives about your prospective marriage to the defendant?” To this question the ap*32pellant, by counsel, objected for the reason that any statements she may have made outside of the hearing of the appellant are not admissible, and that declarations made in a general way by…