Walsh v. Wolff

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages against appellant for alienating the affections of respondent’s wife.

Eric and Vollie Walsh were married at Juneau, Alaska, November 19, 1933. They lived there until 1935, when they moved to Seattle. He was a miner and was away from home, working, a portion of the time. Work was not plentiful, and they endured the hardships that most couples did during that period. On October 23, 1942, he was inducted into the army. After spending about eighteen months in camps in this country, he was shipped overseas to British West Africa.

They wrote to each…