Edmonds v. Hughes
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Cash 68 — (Action by Flora Edmonds against A. T. Hughes for Breach of His Contract to Marry Her. APPEAL PROM TODD CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment por Dependant and Plaintiff Appeals. This is a suit for damages on account of the breach by appellee of his contract to marry appellant.
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Cash 68 — (Action by Flora Edmonds against A. T. Hughes for Breach of His Contract to Marry Her. APPEAL PROM TODD CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment por Dependant and Plaintiff Appeals. This is a suit for damages on account of the breach by appellee of his contract to marry appellant. The contract is admitted and it is pleaded in avoidance: 1. That the consideration therefor was the agreement of plaintiff to 'Submit to sexual intercourse with the defendant. 2. That at the time of the contract the defendant believed the plaintiff to be a virtuous woman, but he thereafter learned that she was unchaste and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE BARKER
Affirming.
The appellee, Flora Edmonds, instituted this action in the Todd circuit court to recover damages of the appellee for a breach of his contract to marry her. The facts stated in the petition constitute a valid cause of action. Appellee, in his answer, admits his promise to marry appellant, as alleged in the petition, but pleads as a defense: First. That the consideration for the contract was the agreement by appellant to then and there have illicit intercourse with him, and that his-promise was made upon no *564other consideration. Second. That at the…
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