Rucker v. Beaty

Josiah Gordon sued James S. Rucker, in trespass, for criminal conversation with said Gordon’s wife. Rucker pleaded the general issue. The cause was tried by a jury, and Gordon obtained a verdict and judgment for 500 dollars. Gordon died, and Beaty, his administrator, was made a party to the judgment, and is the defendant in this Court.

A bill of exceptions states that, on the trial, “ one William Moore, having been called by the plaintiff and sworn as a witness, on cross examination, stated, on the question of the defendant, that the plaintiff had not said to him that he brought this suit to…