Legal Opinion

Clark v. Clark

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1917No. 23,274PublishedCited by 12 opinions

From Huntington Circuit. Court; Samuel E. Cook, Judge. Action by Effie Clark, by her next friend, Martin Nicholson, against Thomas Clark and wife. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendants appeal. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1914, Acts 1901 p. 590).

1Opinion of the CourtLairy, J.

— This was an action by appellee against appellants to recover damages on account of the alienation of the affections of her husband, Virgil Clark, who is a son of appellants. The trial resulted in a judgment for $500 in favor of appellee. Appellants assign as the only error that the trial court erred in overruling their joint motion and their several motions for a new trial.

Appellee and Virgil Clark were married on January 8, 1914, and lived together.as husband and wife, residing at the home of appellee’s parents until July 15, 1914, at which time Virgil Clark left appellee and returned to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Brown v. . BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
  2. Preston v. BowersOhio Supreme Court · 1861
  3. Fuller v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Woodhouse v. Woodhouse Et Ux.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1925
  2. Johnson v. RichardsIdaho Supreme Court · 1930
  3. Irvine v. Baxter Stove Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1919
  4. Harlow v. HarlowSupreme Court of Virginia · 1928
  5. Crowell v. JeffriesIndiana Court of Appeals · 1922

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