Lynch v. Figge
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Alexander H. Figge, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 28th day of January, 1920, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, J.:
The plaintiff sues for damages for breach of promise of marriage. The action was commenced on January 20, 1919, and the complaint charges that at various times between May, 1909, and* October, 1917, the plaintiff at the request of defendant promised to- marry him and defendant promised to marry plaintiff at a time thereafter to be agreed upon and within a reasonable time; that by means of such promises so secured from plaintiff the defendant seduced and debauched plaintiff, that he has refused to marry her, and has married another woman. The defendant’s answer was a general denial…
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