Metcalf v. Tiffany
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Hosmer, J. Case by Ella Metcalf against Belle M. Tiffany for the alienation of the affections of plaintiff’s husband. From a judgment for the plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
The plaintiff recovered verdict and judgment for the alienation of her husband’s affections. The declaration contains two counts. The first count charges that while the plaintiff was living happily with her husband, enjoying his affection, support, protection, and respect, the defendant unlawfully, willfully, wickedly, and maliciously gained the affection of her husband, and sought to persuade and entice him, by offers of money and a comfortable home and other alluring promises, to leave her without support and drive her from her home in the city of Detroit; that at various times between the…
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