Gessner v. Horne

This is an appeal from a final judgment in defendant’s ■favor based on the verdict of a jury. Counsel disagree as to the nature of the action; appellant’s counsel contending that it is an action for criminal conversation, while respondent’s counsel, on the other hand, insist that it is an action merely for alienation of affections. The trial court took the latter view, and instructed the jury accordingly. Proper exceptions to the rulings of the court were preserved, and such rulings clearly constitute reversible error if, as contended by appellant, the allegations of the complaint axe broad…