Legal Opinion

Kinney v. . Laughenour

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 5, 1883PublishedCited by 7 opinions

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…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. . DunlopSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1871
  2. Brink v. . BlackSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
  3. Bracy v. KibbeNew York Supreme Court · 1859
  4. Long v. . PoolSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1873

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hood v. . SudderthSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1892
  2. Snider v. Newell.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
  3. Hyatt v. . McCoySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  4. Patterson v. . McIverSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  5. Hood v. . SudderthSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1892

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