Ames v. Brinsden
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from. Elk District Court. ACTION for damages for a breach of promise of marriage, brought by Mary L. Ames against Edward Brinsden. Judgment by default for the plaintiff for $2,000, at the October Term, 1879, of the district court. At the April Term, 1880, the court vacated this judgment, of which order the plaintiff complains, and brings the case to this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action for a breach of promise of marriage. The defendant made default. On October 28, 1879, and at the October term of the district court of Elk county, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant for the sum of $2,000, the amount claimed in the petition. The judgment as then rendered, and all the proceedings in the case, appear to be regular and valid. Afterward, and on April 9,1880, and at the April term of said court, the defendant filed two motions, one to correct the record of the judgment,…
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