Carson v. Slattery
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by Lilly Carson against Edward L. Slattery. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff claims of defendant $50,000 damages, one-half in her own right and one-half toward the maintenance and benefit of her minor child, a little girl of about 7 years of age.
Seduction under promise of marriage by the defendant and the paternity of her child, which she lays at the door of defendant, are the grounds of the asserted damages. She urges that she and defendant lived together about 10 years before the suit was brought, and that during that time she gave birth to the child before mentioned, who is, she avers, the child of defendant.
Her contention is that she was innocent before…
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