Howard v. Boyle

— Action to recover $100,000 actual and $100,000 punitive damages for the alleged alienation of the affections of plaintiff’s husband by defendant. Yerdict for $60,000 actual and $60,000 punitive damages. On motion for a new trial, plaintiff remitted $35,000 of the actual and $35,000 of the punitive damages. Thereupon the motion for a new trial was overruled and judgment entered for $50,000. Defendant appealed.

The-petition contains evidential matters and covers sixteen pages of the printed abstract. In substance it charged that defendant deprived plaintiff of the aid, companionship, and…