Falk v. Burke

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

'The plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendant for $10,000 in an action for breach of promise to marry. The defendant appeals.

Mary Falk, the plaintiff, lived near Purcell, in Doniphan county. She was twenty-three years of age and the daughter of a prosperous farmer. William Burke was thirty-three years of age and lived on a farm near Horton. They commenced going together in January, 1912, and became engaged in March of that year. On *95the 4th of August of the same year they each signed the following paper:

“Purcell, Kas., Aug. 4-12.

“T…