Herriman v. Layman

In March, 1898, the defendant employed the plaintiff as a domestic in his household, and she continued as such until November 20th following. According to her testimony, she had become engaged to marry the defendant in May or June, and, because of her love for him and expectation of a home¿ had yielded to his embraces. She had accompanied him on several occasions, as on the 4th of July, to the county fair, and possibly to town, and subsequently to her departure he had repeatedly taken her out riding. He denied having been engaged to or uhdul'y intimate with her, and explained that she simply…