Bell v. Rinker

This was a civil suit by the appell»e against the appellant for her own seduction. There was no averment in the complaint that the plaintiff’ was a woman previously chaste, or of good repute for chastity. For this reason, the appellant urges that the complaint was bad, and that the court below erred in overruling a demurrer to it. "We do not find ourselves able to concur in that opinion. The fact may be pertinent to the question of the measure of damages, and evidence upon the subject is admissible, but it is not essential to the right of action. A female not previously chaste, or of good…