Davis v. Young
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM CHESTER. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Chester County. Levi S. Woods, J.
1Opinion of the Court
TURNEY, Ch. J.
The plaintiff sues to recover damages for the seduction of his daughter. The second count of the declaration avers the daughter to he under twenty-one years of age; that defendant, on April 1, 1889, and at divers other *304■ times from that day to the bringing of this suit, promised to marry Emma Davis, and make her his lawful wife, if she would yield to him and satisfy his unholy lusts. By means of which said promises she was seduced, etc.
A demurrer to the declaration was sustained, on the ground that the suit was brought more than twelve months after the day laid in the…
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