Sloan v. Briant

Jackson, Judge.

Mrs. Sloan, a widow, sued Mr. Briant, a married man, for the breach of a contract to pay her $1,000 00 and give her a house and lot. The contract, she alleges in her original declaration, was made before she yielded to his importunities and became the victim of his arts and allowed him to prostitute her person. He promised, in the event she would yield and a child should be born, to care for her and the child, and contracted to pay the money and to make over the property. Afterwards she amended this declaration, and set out the promise more clearly and specifically, and alleged…