Smith v. Hockenberry

This is an action for criminal conversation. Plaintiff’s testimony tended to prove that his family consisted of himself, wife, and two children; that while they were living in Potterville, Eaton county, defendant induced them to remove to his house in Charlotte, under an arrangement by which he was to room and board with the family. There was positive and direct testimony tending to prove that while this relation existed defendant debauched plaintiff’s wife. This testimony was not contradicted. The jury, however, rendered a verdict for the defendant, finding, as we must assume, and as the…