Watson v. Bean

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Affirming.

The grounds urged by appellant, Ed Watson, for reversal of the judgment of $2,500.00 against him for breach of promise are three: (a) refusal of the trial court to grant a continuance, (b) defendant was entitled to a new trial, (c) instructions to the jury were erroneous.

In the petition of Mrs. Bean, a single woman, it is averred that appellant, Watson, proposed marriage to her and that she accepted him and they mutually agreed to marry each other on the 15th of November, 1922, but that on the 8th of November appellant broke the engagement and…