Campbell v. Arbuckle
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Hew York county. Action by Clara Campbell agáinst Charles Arbuckle, for breach of promise of marriage. The promise was alleged to have been made in April, 1882, and the damages were laid at $250,000- Verdict and judgment were for plaintiff for $45,000 and costs, from which, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMacomber, J.
The evidence of the engagement of marriage of the parties to this action is conclusive, and substantially undisputed. It rests in the offer of the defendant to the plaintiff, and in her acceptance of that offer, which was embodied in a written communication by the man to the parents of the woman, informing them of the engagement, and asking their sanction thereto, which was accordingly given. The breach of the contract is also satisfactorily proven. It does not stand, it is true, upon a verbal or written refusal to carry out the obligation which the defendant had assumed, but rather upon…
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