Woodward v. Anderson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 18-PETITION ORDINARY- APPEAL PROM BATH CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Broom’s Commentaries, 788, 848. Newman’s Pleading and Practice, 426. Comyn’s Digest, title “Seduction.”
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Case 18-PETITION ORDINARY- APPEAL PROM BATH CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Broom’s Commentaries, 788, 848. Newman’s Pleading and Practice, 426. Comyn’s Digest, title “Seduction.” Sedgwick on Damages, 542. 3 Blackstone, chap. 8, note 14. 9 Johns. 387, Martin v. Payne. 3 Burr, 1878, Postlewaite v. Parks. 1Stanton’s Revised Statutes, chap. 1, sec. 2, p. 179. 7 Bush, 134, Pence v. Dozier. 1 Duvall, 313, Hancock v. Wilhoit. 5 Bush, 570, Wilhoit v. Hancock. 2 Term Rep. 166, Bennett v. Alcutt. 1 Wheaton’s Selwyn, 443. 2 Wheaton’s Selwyn, 1126. 2 Tucker’s Blackstone, 74. 2 Kent’s Commentaries, 205. 3 Starkie…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PRYOR
delivered'the opinion op the court.
The appellee, Elizabeth.Anderson, filed her petition in the Bath Circuit Court on the 12th of February, 1872, against the appellant, William Woodward, containing two separate counts, in which it is alleged that the appellant (the defendant), “contriving and wrongfully and unjustly intending to injure the plaintiff, did, in the years 1865 and 1871, by artificial persuasions and threats, unlawfully debauch, seduce, and carnally know the plaintiff, she being a single woman,” etc.; “that she was of weak and imbecile mind, and gave birth to two…
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