Morgan v. Ross
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Bay Circuit Court. — Hon. Geo. "W. Dunn, Judge. The evidence, on behalf of plaintiff, was that his daughter, at the time of the alleged seduction, was about seventeen years of age; that she had always lived with him, except during part of the summer of 1873, when she was hired out by her mother at $2 per week; that she returned home in August, 1873, and there performed domestic duties; that she was the oldest of nine children; that her mother was living; that…
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Appeal from Bay Circuit Court. — Hon. Geo. "W. Dunn, Judge. The evidence, on behalf of plaintiff, was that his daughter, at the time of the alleged seduction, was about seventeen years of age; that she had always lived with him, except during part of the summer of 1873, when she was hired out by her mother at $2 per week; that she returned home in August, 1873, and there performed domestic duties; that she was the oldest of nine children; that her mother was living; that defendant waited upon his daughter in the spring of 1873, until the month of May, when he left the neighborhood, and went…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
Plaintiff sued defendant for seducing his daughter, and recovered a judgment for $1,750.
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The evidence being sufficient to support the verdict» we will examine the correctness of the action of the circuit court in giving and in refusing instructions. The second instruction given for plaintiff is as follows: 2. “ The jury in computing the damages suffered by plaintiff, will *323take into consideration, not only the loss of the services of Nate Morgan by plaintiff, and the expense incurred by him by reason of her seduction, pregnancy and confinement, but will also take into consideration the anxiety…
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