Nelson Ex Rel. Nelson v. Melvin

Plaintiff’s petition alleged: On December 31, 1943, Clinton Melvin, son of defendants, made an oral contract to marry plaintiff; by reason thereof he seduced and debauched plaintiff and she is pregnant; plaintiff was chaste and of good moral character and at all times has remained so with the exception of her sexual relations with defendants’ son; the contemplated marriage was set for May 31, 1944, and would have taken place but for the acts of defendants; defendants, with knowledge of plaintiff’s said seduction, “by agreement among themselves, working and cooperating together with a common…