Hanfgarn v. Mark

In the case of Fearon v. Treanor (272 N. Y. 268) we decided that chapter 263 of the Laws of 1935 (Civil Practice Act, §§ 61-a, 61-i), which abolished civil actions to recover damages for alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction, and breach of promise to marry, is constitutional in so far as it applies to an action to recover damages for breach of promise to marry, but expressly limited our decision in that case to the issue then before us. In that case it was argued that the entire act was unconstitutional and void, as it deprived an injured person of a remedy for the…