Hedman v. Siegriest

The plaintiff’s complaint charges the defendant with the malicious alienation of her husband’s affections and with criminal conversation. Trial was by jury. At the close of plaintiff’s case the court granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and entered judgment for the defendant. The defendant advanced in essence two grounds as the basis of her motion, namely: (1) insufficiency of evidence to support plaintiff’s allegations and (2) lack of any evidence that affection existed between the plaintiff and her husband that could be alienated.

In granting the motion on the grounds urged by…