Legal Opinion
Knight v. Willey
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided January 7, 1958No. 256PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The plaintiff has obtained a verdict in the amount of $5500 against the defendant on the charge that the defendant, by persuasion, has wrongfully alienated the affections of the plaintiff’s wife, Lillian Knight. There was no allegation of criminal conversation. The defendant presents exceptions to the admission of evidence, statement of plaintiff’s counsel in argument and to the denial of defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict.
The cause was submitted to the jury on sharply controverted facts. Regarding the factual controversy in a light most favorable to the verdict, it appears that the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Tyrrell v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Vermont · 1937
- Duchaine, B.N.F. v. RaySupreme Court of Vermont · 1939
- Parker v. HoeferSupreme Court of Vermont · 1953
- Gero v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1941
- Laferriere v. SalibaSupreme Court of Vermont · 1955
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Dashnow v. MyersSupreme Court of Vermont · 1959
- State v. SavoSupreme Court of Vermont · 1982
- State v. OvittSupreme Court of Vermont · 1967
- Lewis v. GagneSupreme Court of Vermont · 1962
- Bailey v. HulingSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
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