Clark v. Bean

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Stites

Affirming.

Appellant, W. G. Clark, filed this suit in the Web ster circuit court to recover damages in the sum of $10,000 from his mother-in-law, Mrs. Katie Bean, for the alleged alienation of the affections of his wife. Upon the first trial of the case a verdict was returned in favor of appellant in the sum of $1,000. A motion for a new trial was sustained, and upon a retrial the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Appellant moved the court to substitute the verdict of the jury and the judgment thereon upon the first trial in lien of the verdict and…