Ferguson v. Jackson

This appeal is from a' judgment rendered against the appellant for the sum of $7,500 as damages resulting from the breach of a marriage contract. The record shows that the appellee, plaintiff below, is a young woman about 25 years of age, and the appellant is a bachelor over 50 years old. According to the evidence offered by the plaintiff below, the courtship which culminated in the marriage contract began in the early part of 1918, while she resided with her parents on the farm of the appellant. She was at that time a married woman, but had separated from her husband, and was seeking a…