Legal Opinion
A. B. v. C. D.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 6, 1940No. Civ. A. No. 880PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARD, District Judge.
This action was instituted at law allegedly to recover damages averred to have been sustained as a consequence of the defendant’s fraudulent promise to marry the plaintiff.
According to the complaint, the defendant wilfully and knowingly made false and fraudulent representations and promises of marriage to the plaintiff. As a result, the plaintiff, a resident of New York, agreed to marry the defendant, a resident of Pennsylvania. This was in the latter part of 1935. The complaint further alleges that the defendant then deférred the nuptials for nearly three years, at…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Slater v. Mexican National RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Union Trust Co. v. GrosmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Waggaman v. General Finance Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
- McCurdy's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Magierowski v. BuckleyNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1956
- Thome v. MacKenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
- Boyd v. BoydCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964
- Smyth Sales, Inc. v. Petroleum Heat & Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
- Ferraro v. SinghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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