Walker v. Hester

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The appellee, Hester, a widower, brought suit against the appellant, Ara Belle Walker, a widow, to recover $1,536.00 that he alleged he advanced to her under an agreement that she would marry him, averring that after receiving the money she refused to do so.

The answer denied all the material averments in the petition, but on a trial before a jury there was a verdict for Hester, and Mrs. Walker appeals.

In his evidence Hester said, in substance, that he had been paying matrimonial attentions- to Mrs. Walker for about a year previous to July 28,…