Thrush v. Fullhart
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District- Court of the .United States for the Northern District of West-Virginia, .at Martinsburg; Alston G. Dayton, Judge. ' Action by Iva Dea Fullhart against William V. Thrush. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for breach of promise of marriage. It was tried to a jury, and the defendant in' error (hereinafter called the plaintiff) had a verdict on which judgment was entered. The plaintiff in error (hereinafter called the “defendant”) prosecutes this writ to reverse the judgment against him.
The declaration of plaintiff is in the usual form. The defendant, in addition to the general plea of non assumpsit, filed two special pleas; one alleging that his promise to marry was void under the statute of frauds of West Virginia, the other alleging that plaintiff’s cause…
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