Bird v. Ellingsworth

On the Merits

CAMPBELL, J.

This is an action by plaintiff, wife of one Clifford Bird, against defendant, her mother-in-law, for alienation of the affections of her husband. ■

Plaintiff alleges, in effect, that she and Clifford Bird were married in the city of Seattle, Washington, on September'9, 1930, and, at the time of the filing of the complaint herein, were husband and wife; that two children, William Joe Bird and Patricia Joy Bird, were ■born of this marriage; that shortly after the marriage of plaintiff, the defendant wrongfully and wantonly and maliciously persuaded plaintiff’s husband to…