Oakman v. Belden
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Motions and Exceptions by Dependants. Action on tbe case for alienating tbe affections of tbe plaintiff’s wife by tbe defendants, wbo are her parents. Tbe plea was tbe general issue. The action was tried to a jury in this court below at tbe October term of 1899, in Kennebec County, when the jury returned a verdict of $1154.00 for the plaintiff. The case appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
Action on the case by husband for the alienation of the affections of his wife by her parents, who are the defendants. The plaintiff obtained a verdict.
The plaintiff claims that the defendants unjustifiably interfered in his domestic affairs, and with intent to break up the harmonious and affectionate relations existing between him and his wife, wrongfully enticed, advised and persuaded her to leave him, which she did. The defendants, on the other hand, deny that they persuaded their daughter to leave her husband, and they claim, in addition, that such was the daughter’s age and condition of…
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