Berkshire v. Harem

ROSSMAN, C. J. †

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment based upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $5,000 general damages and $2,500 punitive damages. The action was instituted by a complaint which charged that the appellant alienated from the respondent the affections of the latter’s wife.

The appellant presents thirteen assignments of error. Eleven challenge rulings which respectively 1) overruled the appellant’s motion for a nonsuit; 2) overruled objections made by the appellant to the reception of evidence concerning incidents that transpired after the…