Schneider v. Tapfer
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: T. E. J. Duffy, Judge. In Banc. Plaintiff was the son-in-law of the defendant. In September, 1916, .plaintiff’s wife left him and went back home to her father. Plaintiff brings this action against the father to recover damages for the alleged alienation of his wife’s affections.
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From Multnomah: T. E. J. Duffy, Judge. In Banc. Plaintiff was the son-in-law of the defendant. In September, 1916, .plaintiff’s wife left him and went back home to her father. Plaintiff brings this action against the father to recover damages for the alleged alienation of his wife’s affections. He obtained a verdict and judgment against the defendant for the sum of $14,000, from which the defendant appeals, alleging error in certain rulings of the court below upon the admission of testimony, and also in refusing to grant defendant’s motion for a judgment of nonsuit.
1Dissent
BEAN, J.,
Dissenting. — This is an action by plaintiff Jacob Schneider against defendant George Tapfer for damages for the alienation of the affections of plaintiff’s wife Mary Schneider who is the daughter of the defendant.
The gist'of the complaint is that plaintiff and Mary Tapfer were married August 1, 1912, and now are husband and wife having two children, the issue of such marriage; that the plaintiff and his wife lived happily together as husband and wife; that during September, 1916, and for a long time prior thereto the defendant wrongfully contriving and intending to injure the…
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