Lee v. Hodges
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action on the case in the Circuit court of Franklin county by Elijah Hodges against Charles ■ C. Lee, for the seduction of the plaintiff’s daughter.
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This was an action on the case in the Circuit court of Franklin county by Elijah Hodges against Charles ■ C. Lee, for the seduction of the plaintiff’s daughter. The • declaration contained two counts, the first of which charged the seduction of the plaintiff’s daughter, Julia F. Hodges, by the defendant, by which the plaintiff was deprived of his domestic peace and happiness, and his comfort in the society of his daughter; and that he had been obliged to pay a large sum of money about the nursing of her; but did not charge the loss of her services. The second count was in the usual form. The…
1Opinion of the CourtDaniel, J.
The action by which a father recovers for the seduction of his daughter is founded not on the relation of parent and child, but on the relation *728actual or constructive of master and servant. The loss of service which he has sustained or is supposed to have sustained in consequence of the debauchment of his servant, is the ground on which his legal right to damages rests at the common law; though- when this prerequisite to the maintenance of the suit is established, the damages which he is allowed to recover are not measured by the value of the services which have been lost or are supposed to…
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