Gorder v. Sims

Sheran, Chief Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court awarding plaintiff $20,000 as damages in an action for alienation of affections. Affirmed.

The question on appeal is whether the evidence disclosed by the record is adequate to support these essential elements of the cause of action as set forth in Pedersen v. Jirsa, 267 Minn. 48, 125 N. W. 2d 38 (1963): (1) That plaintiff, Lester W. Gorder, Jr., had the affections of his wife, Barbara, until defendant, Robert T. Sims, came into her life; (2) that plaintiff *277lost his wife’s affections; 1 (3) that defendant took an active and…