Jones v. Allen

Plaintiff instituted this action seeking to recover from defendant damages in the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars for an alleged breach of promise of marriage. The cause was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict for ten thousand dollars in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant’s alternative motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial were denied, and judgment was thereupon entered in the amount of the jury’s award. The defendant has appealed.

The trial of this action in the court below consumed nine days. The record presents a statement of facts of over a…