Wilson v. Shepler

The appellee obtained a verdict and judgment against the appellant for $1,200, upon a complaint charging “ That on the 1st day of January, 1879, and on divers other days and times between that day and the beginning of this suit, she being an unmarried woman, the defendant did her, the said plaintiff, unlawfully debauch and carnally know, whereby she became pregnant with and was delivered of a child, and greatly suffered in peace of mind and good name, and pain of body, and lost her own time and labor, and incurred great expense in and about her nursing, and in obtaining medical assistance,…