Bowen v. . Fox

(MR. JUSTICE DAVIS dissenting.) This action, begun in February, 1886, is to recover damages for the seduction and debauchment of the plaintiff's daughter by the defendant William Fox, on whom service of process was made, and who dying before the trial, his, executrix, Emma Fox, was brought in by summons to defend in his stead. The averments in the complaint are explicitly denied in the answer of the original defendant, and both pleadings are supported by oath.

The cause was tried, and upon the findings of the damages upon the only issue submitted to the jury, judgment was rendered for the…