Brown v. Vogt

This is an action for criminal conversation. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $100,000.① Defendant appeals from the resulting judgment.

No useful purpose would be served by a summary of the facts and it is not contended that plaintiff *484failed to prove facts sufficient to establish the tort of criminal conversation. Indeed, defendant admitted intercourse with plaintiff’s wife.

Defendant contends, however, that the trial court erred in failing to sustain his demurrer to the complaint upon the ground that the tort of criminal conversation should be abolished. In…