Felsenthal v. McMillan

The question here is whether the tort arising out of the offense known as criminal conversation will be recognized as actionable in Texas. I would not do so. I do not regard of particular significance whether or not we now have this right of action in Texas by adoption of the common law, as the majority says. If we have, I would abolish it.

We should recognize the offense of criminal conversation for what it is. The term “criminal conversation,” in its general and comprehensive sense, is synonymous with “adultery”; but in its more limited and technical signification it may be defined as…