Meemken v. O'HARA

Dell, Chief Justice.

This is an action for damages arising out of a breach of promise to marry claimed to have been made in the spring of 1952. There was a verdict for the plaintiff for $10,000. Defendant appeals from an order denying his alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

Only those facts will be stated which we deem necessary to a. consideration of the issues involved, and pursuant to the well-established rule they will be stated in the light most favorable to-the verdict. 2 The plaintiff, 34 years of age, first met the defendant in August 1945 in St.…