Geromini v. Brunelle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
• : Tort for unlawfully persuading, inciting and aiding the plaintiff’s husband, Petro Geromini, to desert her and to take with •him their minor children. Writ dated September 21, 1911. • In the Superior Court the case was tried before Crosby, J. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The jury found for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The only exception in this case is to the refusal of the trial judge to instruct the jury as requested by the plaintiff that she need not prove malice on the part of the defendant in order to entitle her to recover. We do not understand the plaintiff to find any fault with the instructions that were given if the instruction requested was rightly refused.
We think that the instruction asked for could not have been properly given. In Tasker v. Stanley, 153 Mass. 148, 150, in an action for alienating the affections of the plaintiff’s wife and enticing her to leave him, it was held that the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Plant v. WoodsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Tasker v. StanleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Multer v. KnibbsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Corey v. EastmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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