Haynes v. Sinclair
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass for the seduction of the plaintiff’s daughter. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, March Term, 1849, — Bennett. J., presiding.
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Trespass for the seduction of the plaintiff’s daughter. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, March Term, 1849, — Bennett. J., presiding. On trial, the plaintiff, having given evidence tending to prove, that his daughter was seduced by the defendant, in 1846 while the defendant was boarding in the plaintiff’s family, and that she was delivered of a child in March, 1847, of which the defendant was the father, and the consequent expenses and loss of service, offered evidence tending to prove a promise of marriage, made by the defendant to the plaintiff’s daughter in 1846, and also…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kellogg, J.
Upon the trial several exceptions were taken to rulings of the county court, which have been argued in this court.
1. It is insisted in argument, that the court erred in receiving evidence of a promise of marriage, made by the defendant to the plaintiff’s daughter. This evidence, though objected to, was admitted by the court upon the opening of the plaintiff’s case. In relation to the admission of this evidence,'the authorities are somewhat conflicting. The ground of objection seems to be, that it is the introduction of distinct and…
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