Warner v. Torrence

The facts alleged in the complaint are sufficient to constitute two causes of action, on either of which, if proven, the plaintiff is entitled to recover of the defendant damages, both actual and punitive. In Chestnut v. Sutton, 207 N.C. 256, 176 S.E. 743, it is stated:

“(T)hat the gravamen of the cause of action for the alienation of the affections of plaintiff’s wife is the deprivation of the plaintiff 'of his conjugal rights to the society, affection and assistance of his wife, and that the gravamen of the cause-of action -for criminal conversation is the defilement of plaintiff’s wife by…