Francis v. Outlaw
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. (Soper, C. J.) The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtPattison, J.
The appellee in this case, Charles W. Outlaw, recovered a judgment in'the Superior Court of Baltimore City against his wife’s mother, Mrs. Laura V. Francis, the appellant, for alienation of his wife’s affections, and it. is from that judgment this appeal is taken.
The right of a husband to maintain an action against anyone who has wrongfully alienated the affections of his wife and deprived him of his conjugal rights, is' now well established by a long line of decisions starting at least so early as the case of Winsmore v. Greenbank, Willes Reports, 577, decided in 1745; Wolf v. Frank, 92 Md.…
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