Platt v. Elias
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Hannah Elias, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 7th day of September, 1904, granting an injunction pendente lite and appointing a temporary receiver. • Also an appeal by the plaintiff, John B.' Platt, from so much of said order as directs the receiver to pay the defendant Hannah Elias a monthly allowance of $500 and counsel fees.
1Dissent
Hatch,-J.
(dissenting) :■
■ The conceded facts in this case show that John B, Platt,>tlie plaintiff, some eighteen yearsprior to t-lie present application. became intimate with a negro prostitute named Hannah Elias, and from that time down, to the year 1904 he continuously had illicit-relations- with her. For the’mhst part of that time she was a common prostitute. At the inception of the illicit relations Platt was about sixtysseven years of age and Hannah Elias- about twenty. The evidence ■ discloses that Hannah Elias soon began to exercise a marked influence over Platt. She early threatened…
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