Legal Opinion

Hall v. Hall

California Supreme Court

Decided March 29, 1917No. S. F. No. 7135PublishedCited by 11 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Santa Cruz County, and from an order refusing a new trial. Lucas F. Smith, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.

Plaintiff sued defendants, who are respectively the father and mother of her husband, to recover damages for the alienation by them of her husband’s affections from her. The charge was that “The defendants willfully, wrongfully, wickedly, unjustly and maliciously contriving and intending to injure plaintiff and deprive her of the affection, support, comfort, fellowship, society, aid and assistance of plaintiff’s husband . . . alienated and destroyed the affection of said Robert Hall, the husband of this plaintiff for this plaintiff, . . . and did willfully, illegally and maliciously entice,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Driscoll v. Market Street Cable RailwayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Rice v. RiceMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Brown v. . BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
  4. Cripe v. CripeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Reed v. ReedIndiana Court of Appeals · 1893

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Worth v. WorthWyoming Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Bourne v. BourneCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919
  3. De Kahn v. ChaseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Spiry v. SpirySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Howard v. BoyleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1934

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