Stanton v. Cox

Mrs. Bita Cox exhibited her declaration against Mrs. Dorothy Stanton, seeking to recover damages of the latter for the wrongful, malicious, and oppressive alienation of her (Mrs. Bita Cox) husband’s affections, charging that Mrs. Stanton had thus destroyed all the love, devotion, and affection which Mrs. Cox’s husband, I. H. Cox, had for her (the said Mrs. Bita Cox), and by the aforesaid acts broke up the home of appellee and her husband.

The declaration set forth, in great detail, the circumstance of the alleged alienation of affection.

This case is unique in several particulars. The two women…