Mains v. Cosner

We find no grounds in this record for reversing the judgment. The admission of testimony that the defendant had promised marriage was in conformity with nearly all the authorities. The evidence was admissible, because tending to show that the defendant sought the society of plaintiff’s daughter under the pretense of honorable motives, and that the illicit intercourse was, therefore, the result of seduction on his part in the strict sense of the term. The court properly instructed the jury that they were not to consider the promise of marriage in aggravation of damages in this action. The…