Mainz v. Lederer
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Assumpsit for breach of promise of marriage. Heard on motion to dissolve an attachment by mesne process. Motion granted.
1Opinion of the Court
Tillinghast,' J.
The only material facts in this case, which is an action of assumpsit for breach of promise of marriage, are as follows : The original writ was issued on October 12, 1897, and was a writ of summons.
Upon the trial of the case in the Common Pleas Division, in October, 1898, a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and her damages were assessed in the sum of $12,500. Thereafterwards, on the 24th day of July, 1899, and pending the defendant’s petition for a new trial, the- plaintiff sued out of said Common Pleas Division a writ of mesne process which commanded the…
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