Richards v. Claxton
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Muskogee County; B. B. Wheeler, Judge. Action by James J. Claxton against Eastman Richards for damages. Judgment for plaintiff for less than sued for, and from an order granting him a new trial, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBailey, J.
This action was begun in the district court of Muskogee county by James J. Claxton to recover of Eastman Richards, plaintiff in error here, the sum of $150,000, alleging that said defendant in error was entitled to recover such sum of plaintiff in error by reason of -the wrongful and unlawful acts of plaintiff in error -whereby said plaintiff in error wrongfully and unlawfully destroyed and alienated the love and affection of defendant in error’s wife, causing said defendant in error to suffer great anguish of mind, and depriving him of the society and companionship of his wife.
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