Pennington v. Stewart

The appellant filed his complaint in the lower court against the appellees to recover damages for the alienation of the affections of his wife, Ethelene Pennington, the daughter of the appellees. The appellant asserts in his complaint that the appellees by their conduct maliciously and wrongfully deprived the appellant of the society and consortium of his wife and destroyed the love and affection of his wife for him.

The appellees filed a demurrer to the complaint on the grounds that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The demurrer was sustained and the appellant…