Mulvay v. Hanes
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Tyler County. Action by John T. Mulvay against S. C. Hanes. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
John T. Mulvay sued to recover damages for the loss of the society and services of his wife, Idena Mulvay, alleged to be due to the scare and fright occasioned by defendant in a personal combat. or encounter between him and plaintiff in her presence on October 13, 1911, near their residence in Tyler county, resulting in the loss by miscarriage or abortion of a child with which she was then pregnant. Such is the cause of action averred in the only count of the original declaration.
After demurrer thereto, overruled, plaintiff filed at rules an amended pleading of two counts, the…
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