Morris v. Graves

Assumpsit upon a breach of promise of marriage. Recovery by the plaintiff below. There were four counts in the declaration. The first alleged that, theretofore, to-wit, on the 12th of May, 1843, in consideration that the plaintiff promised to marry the defendant, he, the defendant, promised to marry the plaintiff on *355request; and averred that she, the plaintiff, had always, from thence hitherto, remained, and still did remain, single, and ready and willing to marry the defendant, and that she had requested him to marry her, &c.

The second count was upon a promise, laid under a videlicet, as…