Bradley v. Somers

Harwell, Justice:

The respondent Christine Bradley initiated this breach of promise to marry action against the appellant Captain David Somers. The jury found the appellant liable and rewarded the respondent $60,000 in actual damages. We reverse and remand for a new trial solely on the issue of damages.

The facts in this case weave a web of tangled love affairs. The respondent (Christine) married a Marine Corps major when she was quite young. After a number of years of marriage, during a period when Christine’s husband was at sea a married girlfriend of Christine’s invited her to dinner. The…