Walker v. Vandiver
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM FRANKLIN Appeal from the Circuit Court of Franklin County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— Nathan L. Bachman, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Buchanan
Miss Vandiver recovered a judgment against Walker based on the verdict of a jury for the sum of $1,500 as' damages for breach of a contract to marry, and the court of civil appeals affirmed the judgment. Walker has broug’ht the record here on petition for certiorari, and makes a single assignment of error, which is that the court of civil appeals erred in holding that the replication to the plea in abatement was sufficient. •
The plea in abatement was based on the pendency of two former suits for the same cause of action by plaintiff against defendant. The plea averred that one of said suits…
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