Kinney v. . Laughenour
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil AotioN tried at Spring Term, 1883, of Davidson Superior Court, before Graves, J. "Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Mejísimon, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the seduction of his step-daughter by the defendant.
The contention of the plaintiff as to the matters involved in the question before this court was, that his step-daughter had been a member of his family ever since she was six years of age, and she had been occasionally absent from his house in the employment of other people as a house servant, a cook, always regarding his house as her home, and when there, helping her mother about her domestic work; and he introduced testimony tending to prove his allegations.
On the other…
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