Smith ex rel. Smith v. Kirkpatrick

The appellant, as plaintiff, sued the appellee, as defendant, in this action, in the court below. Omitting the title of the cause, the names of the court and county, and the signature of counsel, the appellant’s complaint was as follows:

“ Alice Smith, a minor under the age of 21 years, by her next friend, Enoch R. Smith, complains of the defendant, *Wesley Kirkpatrick, and says, that heretofore, to wit, prior to the 23d day of June, 1874, .there existed a matter in difference between the plaintiff herein, Alice Smith, and one Frank Kirkpatrick, on account of the act of the latter in seducing…