Dyer v. Lalor
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action op Contract for breach of promise' of marriage. Pleás, the general issue ancl the statute of limitations. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1919, Rutland County, BtUler, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $20,000. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the ease.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, C. J.
The declaration, based on an alleged breach of promise to marry, contains four counts: The first, declaring on a promise made on, to wit, May 2, 1916, to marry when requested; the second, on a promise made on, to wit, May 2, 1916, to marry within a reasonable time; the third, on a promise made on, to wit, March 28, 1918, to marry within a reasonable time; and the fourth (called in the record the substitute count) on a promise made on, to wit, April 10, 1901, to marry thereafter, ánd further alleging that said agreement was by agreement from time to time postponed from timé to time until…
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