Wyman v. Newhouse

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment entered dismissing the complaint on motion before trial. The action is on a judgment entered by default in a Florida state court, a jury having assessed the damages. The recovery there was for money loaned, money advanced for appellee, and for seduction under promise of marriage.

Appellee’s answer pleads facts supporting his claim that he was fraudulently enticed into the Florida jurisdiction, appellant’s state of residence, for the sole purpose of service of process. A motion by the plaintiff-appellant to strike out this defense and for…