Whiteman v. Sarmento

Gawthrop, P. J.,

Plaintiff sued in trespass to recover damages for the seduction of his daughter by defendant. To the complaint, defendant filed preliminary objections by way of demurrer and of a motion to strike off the complaint for scandalous and impertinent allegations. The preliminary objections must be sustained.

By the demurrer defendant correctly asserts that the complaint fails to state a cause of action. “The legal foundation of this action, and that which constitutes the plaintiff’s right to recover, is the loss of service. The relation of master and servant must exist between the…