Morrow v. Morrow
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 174, April T., 1915, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1913, No. 58, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Lillian M. Morrow v. Daniel Morrow, et al. Trespass to recover damages for. the alienation of plaintiff’s affections.
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Appeal, No. 174, April T., 1915, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1913, No. 58, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Lillian M. Morrow v. Daniel Morrow, et al. Trespass to recover damages for. the alienation of plaintiff’s affections. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff’s husband deserted his wife, or left her without her consent on August 18, 1912. The plaintiff charged that the desertion was the result of the defendant’s combination to alienate her husband’s affections. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The cause of action averred in the plaintiff’s statement, is that these three defendants, upon August 18, 1912, and at various other times prior thereto,......unlawfully and maliciously conspired and agreed, to procure the plaintiff’s husband to abandon and desert her, and to alienate the conjugal love and affection of the husband from the plaintiff; in consequence of these unlawful and malicious acts, her husband deserted her on August 18,. T912, and the conjugal love and affection which he therefore had borne for her was totally alienated, etc.
It is thoroughly…
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