Shaffer v. Dooley

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

On November 24, 1970, the appellant, Thelma Shaffer, filed a complaint in equity against the appellee, Mary Dooley. Appellant’s complaint alleged that Gail Shaffer, appellant’s husband, had become enmeshed in an extramarital affair with Mary Dooley. The complaint averred that the marital difficulties experienced by the Shaffers were then reconciled, but that Mary Dooley thereafter “attempted by cards, letters and telephone calls to cajole [appellant’s] husband into returning to their former meretricious relationship.” Appellant asked the lower court to enjoin…