Garmong v. Henderson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. ■ Exceptions sustained. This is an action for breach of contract of marriage. The writ was entered at the January term of Supreme Judicial Court for Penobscot County, 1914. The defendant plead the general issue and filed a brief statement of special matters in defense. At the April term, 1914, of said Court, the plaintiff filed a motion to amend her writ by increasing the damages therein and by inserting an additional count in her declaration.
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On exceptions by defendant. ■ Exceptions sustained. This is an action for breach of contract of marriage. The writ was entered at the January term of Supreme Judicial Court for Penobscot County, 1914. The defendant plead the general issue and filed a brief statement of special matters in defense. At the April term, 1914, of said Court, the plaintiff filed a motion to amend her writ by increasing the damages therein and by inserting an additional count in her declaration. The presiding Justice allowed the amendments, and the defendant excepted to the allowance of the additional count. The case…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
Action for breach of promise of marriage. The writ was dated October 16, 1913. The original declaration contained *384three counts, one alleging defendant’s promise, March 10, 1910, at Washington, D. C., to marry the plaintiff “when he should be thereunto afterwards requested,” a request, and a breach; another alleging, at the same time and place, mutual promises by plaintiff and defendant to marry each other, an offer by the plaintiff to marry the defendant on that date, and a breach by defendant; a third alleging, November 6, 1910, at Washington, mutual promises to marry on March 1, 1911, a…
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