Rush v. Buckles

Lively, Judge:

The circuit court set aside a verdict in favor of defendant below, plaintiff in error, and awarded a new trial; and from that order this writ of error is prosecuted.

The declaration is in trespass and is by J. P. Rush against J. W. Buckles for damages in the sum of $20,000 for alienation, of, as the brief says, for partial alienation, of the affections of his wife Ellen Rush.

The errors assigned are: (1) refusal of the court to quash the affidavit for an attachment levied on defendant’s property; (2) setting aside the verdict in defendant’s favor and awarding a new trial.

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