Rudd v. Rounds
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for tlie alienation of tlie affections of the plaintiff’s wife. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the December term, 1891, Tyler, J., presiding. Yerdiet and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts.
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Case for tlie alienation of tlie affections of the plaintiff’s wife. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the December term, 1891, Tyler, J., presiding. Yerdiet and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The evidence of the plaintiff tended to show that he and his wife were married in 1873 and had lived “happily enough” together previous to the time when the defendant came to the plaintiff’s house to board, in August, 1889; that from this time on his wife began to treat him with coolness, later ceased to cohabit with him, and finally on the 23d of June, 1890, left his house…
1Opinion of the Court
Tlie opinion, of tlie court was delivered by
ROSS, Ch. J.
This is an action brought to recover damages for an alienation of the affections of the plaintiff’s wife and thereby causing her to leave him. The wife’s state of mind and regard for the plaintiff at the time she became acquainted with the defendant, and during the time of that acquaintance, until she left the plaintiff, and if there was a change during that period, whether caused by the conduct of the plaintiff, or the wrongful conduct of the defendant, were proper subjects of inquiry and investigation. The condition of her mind in…
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