Garvin v. Garvin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

Ethel Garvin, in four causes of action, sued her father-in-law for $500 damages for assault and battery, $3000 for stating that she had stolen a contract, $3000 for stating that she had stolen a shirt, handkerchief and socks, and $3000 for stating that she had stolen his shirt, all of which wrongs were said to have been committed on the 4th of July, 1909. Before the case was submitted to the jury she dismissed the fourth cause of action. The jury found for her on each of the other three, awarding her $500 on the first, $2000 on the second, and…