Catlett v. Chestnut

The plaintiff sued the defendants, jointly and severally, for damages'in an action on the case for-alleged maliciously conspiring with each other to defeat, detain and cause to be withheld, the setting apart of plaintiff’s' asserted dower in the estate of one B. S. Catlett, deceased. The ad damnum was for general damages in the sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. No special damages were alleged. Demurrers to the plaintiff’s-amended declaration were sustained and writ of' error was thereafter taken to the judgment thereon rendered in defendants’ favor.

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