Barker v. . Dowdy

Civil action for alienation of plaintiff's wife's affections, and for criminal conversation.

The plaintiff is 47 years of age; his wife 45. They were married 24 December, 1918, and have had 12 children; 11 now living, the oldest 24 and the youngest 6. In 1940 they were tenants on Dr. Lynn McIver's farm, and their second oldest son operated a filling station for the defendant across the street from defendant's market in Sanford. In February, 1941, the plaintiff and his family moved to the defendant's farm, three or four miles from Sanford, and operated it as tenants during that year. The…