Hanson v. Johnson

The plaintiff in this action for breach of promise of marriage pleaded in aggravation of damages her seduction by defendant under such promise. This was met by a general denial. According to the testimony of the plaintiff she became acquainted with the defendant in the year 1895, and soon thereafter there was a marriage engagement entered into between them, and, relying upon this engagement, at the solicitation of defendant she yielded to sexual intercourse, which continued thereafter for thirteen or fourteen years, when defendant breached his promise to marry. Defendant admitted this…