Eskridge v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Garvin County; F. B. Swank, Judge. Action by Mary J. Taylor against T. H. Eskridge. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, motion for a new trial overruled, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
This is an appeal from the district court of Garvin county. On February 19, 1916, Mary J. Taylor, the defendant in error, filed an action in the court below against T. H. Eskridge, plaintiff in error, defendant below, to recover the sum of $5,000 damages for breach of á contract of marriage. The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant as they appeared in the court below.
The cause was tried to a jury, which resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $750. The defendant promptly filed motion for a new trial upon the usual statutory grounds, and thereafter an…
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