Kelley v. Brennan

After the rendition of the verdict, the defendant moved in arrest of judgment because the declaration averred no offer on the part of plaintiff to marry the defendant, but only averred that she was ready and willing to do so. The court overruled the motion and the defendant excepted.

It may be true that in cases in which the promise to marry is general, that is, in which no time or place of marriage is fixed in'the promise, or in which the promise is to marry within a reasonable time, or upon request, and in which, also, the defendant has not married another, it is necessary for the plaintiff…