McMullen v. McMullen

HIGHERS, Judge.

This case originated in Circuit Court at Shelby County as an alienation of affection action by the plaintiff, Sylvia G. McMullen, against the defendant, Mary Hyde McMul-len, and resulted in a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $200,000. That verdict was remitted to $150,000, judgment was entered, and this appeal followed.

The plaintiff married Pat McMullen1 in September 1972, three months after she met him and seven months after the death of his first wife of twenty-five years. In February of 1983, McMullen left the plaintiff and moved into an apartment. In…