Goodeve v. Thompson
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Eakin. This is an action by Helen M. Goodeve against Robert H. Thompson, Jr., for a breach of promise of marriage; the complaint alleging a promise of marriage by the defendant and acceptance by plaintiff, and that on September 30, 1911, the defendant repudiated the said promise and refused to marry the plaintiff, and praying for a judgment for $50,600. The answer denies that defendant promised to marry the…
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From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Eakin. This is an action by Helen M. Goodeve against Robert H. Thompson, Jr., for a breach of promise of marriage; the complaint alleging a promise of marriage by the defendant and acceptance by plaintiff, and that on September 30, 1911, the defendant repudiated the said promise and refused to marry the plaintiff, and praying for a judgment for $50,600. The answer denies that defendant promised to marry the plaintiff, and alleges that she was incapable of contracting marriage at that time, having a husband living. The case was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eakin
1. There are five assignments of error. The first two relate to the admission in evidence of testimony of the *413witness MacLean to the effect that in September or October, 1911, the defendant said to him that he had been after a girl for approximately 10 years, and that he had finally succeeded in landing her. The witness could not say that the remark related to the plaintiff, but that the girl referred to had come from Tacoma or Vancouver; he did not remember which. This statement was communicated to plaintiff as having reference to her, and she talked it over with the defendant in the…
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