Giese v. Schultz

Action to recover damages for the breach of an alleged agreement by the defendant to marry the plaintiff. The plaintiff recovered, and the defendant appeals. The complaint avers that “ the defendant, under, and in faith of said marriage contract and promise to marry, and by aid thereof, and his persuasions thereunder, seduced, debauched and carnally knew the plaintiff, and got her with child.” The plaintiff testified in her own behalf, on the trial, to the alleged seduction; also that her grief thereat, the defendant’s neglect, and her work, caused a miscarriage, and that she was sick several…