Kendall v. Dunn

Robinson, Judge:

Plaintiff, forty-two years old and no doubt comely, sued defendant, seventy-six years old and well-to-do, for forty thousand dollars damages because he did not keep his promise to marry her. She recovered, through the verdict of a jury, a judgment against him for $2,408.33. A reversal and new trial are sought.

The verdict is by no means contrary to the evidence. The promise is admitted by defendant in his testimony; the breach is proved by the testimony of plaintiff and by facts and circumstances which corroborate her testimony in that regard. The jury were fully warranted in…