Henderson v. Spratlen

The plaintiff alleged in her complaint, and proved, that the defendant promised to marry her, and at divers and innumerable times thereafter, *279avowing his sincerity of purpose to marry her, he procured her to cohabit with him; that said cohabitation began in the winter of 1889 and continued up to the month of July, 1893. She also alleges and proves that, at the request of the defendant, she submitted to several surgical operations, by reason of which she sustained very serious and painful injuries to her person, and that by reason of the said operations she has been sick, sore and lame, and…