Lockwood v. Lockwood
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Elliott, J., denying a new trial. The question in this case is not whether in Minnesota a married woman can maintain an action in her own name for enticing away her husband. Certain facts in this case differentiate the question here from that question. (1) After plaintiff’s marriage the defendants gave her a home and asylum.
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Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Elliott, J., denying a new trial. The question in this case is not whether in Minnesota a married woman can maintain an action in her own name for enticing away her husband. Certain facts in this case differentiate the question here from that question. (1) After plaintiff’s marriage the defendants gave her a home and asylum. (2) At the time of the alleged enticement plaintiff and her husband were members of defendants’ household. (3) While subjected to ill treatment there by both her husband and his parents,…
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
This action was brought against John E. Lockwood and Mattie Lockwood, husband and wife, to recover damages for the alleged alienation by them of the affections of Edwin L. Lockwood, their son, from his wife, the plaintiff, Mae Alice Lockwood, and for her *480consequent loss of his support, protection, and society. The answer of the defendants was a general denial, and upon trial to a jury the plaintiff had a verdict for $15,000; and defendants’ motion for a new trial having been denied, they bring this appeal. - All the parties have resided in the city of Minneapolis for many years. At the time…
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