Young v. Corrigan
District Court, N.D. Ohio
At Law. Action by Georgian Young against James AY. Corrigan for breach of marriage promise. A verdict was rendered in favor of defendant, and plaintiff moves for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
K1LLITS, District Judge.
The issue in this case is a politely made and courteously urged, but nevertheless a sharp, challenge of the fairness of the judge presiding, both in the conduct of the trial and in the instructions to the jury.
Plaintiff was defeated by an adverse verdict in her attempt to mulct defendant for an alleged breach of promise of marriage. The trial developed so much unsavoriness that, for the sake of public decency and that the putrid mass may he undisturbed, we do not largely discuss its features. The plaintiff rested her case, claiming a specific and formal contract to…
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