Gett v. Isaacson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for an alleged breach of promise to marry, and for work and labor done at defendant’s request, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Marvin, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $10,000, and appeal by the defendant. Error and new trial ordered.
1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.
This is an action in two counts: the first to recover damages for a breach of promise to marry, the second to recover for work and labor done at the defendant’s request.
The defendant, in his appeal, sets forth eight reasons. In his argument and on his brief he has pursued only the second, fourth, seventh and eighth reasons. The seventh and eighth reasons relate to the failure of the court in its charge to refer to or comment upon the conflicting evidence as to the plaintiff’s relations with other men during the claimed existence of the defendant’s promise to marry her. It is not the duty of…
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