Legal Opinion

Porter v. Lincoln

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 23, 1984No. 83-309Published

1Opinion of the Court

668 S.W.2d 11 (1984)

282 Ark. 258

Jean B. PORTER, Appellant,

v.

Genevieve Ilfrey LINCOLN, Appellee.

No. 83-309.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 23, 1984.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1984.

Drew & Mazzanti by W.H. Drew, Lake Village, for appellant.

John Lloyd Johnson, Jr., Little Rock, for appellee.

DUDLEY, Justice.

Genevieve Lincoln, appellee, filed suit alleging that the affections of her husband, Charles Lincoln II, had been alienated by Jean B. Porter, appellant. A jury trial resulted in an award of $100,000.00 in compensatory damages and $25,000.00 in punitive damages. We find no reversible error in the…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Peters v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
  2. Thiel v. DoveSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
  3. Brinkley Car Works & Manufacturing Co. v. CooperSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  4. KARK-TV v. SimonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  5. Vanlandingham v. GartmanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963

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